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verb to beat around the bush
- (idiom) To treat a topic but omit its main points, often intentionally.
- (idiom) To delay or avoid talking about something difficult or unpleasant.
- Please stop beating around the bush and tell me what the problem is!
Translations: - Dutch: rond de pot draaien
- French: tourner autour du pot
- German: um den heií�en Brei herum reden
- Italian: menare il can per l'aia
- Spanish: andarse por las ramas, darle vueltas al asunto
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