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Definition of to beat around the bush
beat around the bush
verb
- to delay in getting to the point.
Quit beating around the bush and tell me the bad news!
- See more words with the same meaning: to lie.
Last edited on Jun 22 1998. Submitted by Ahmed from Cairo, Egypt on Jun 22 1998.
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Other terms relating to 'to lie': | |
| Definitions include: to give bad advice. | |
| Definitions include: of misdeeds or misfortune, to minimize their severity. | |
| Definitions include: to have sex (with). | |
| Definitions include: any deceptions or tricks designed to confuse or manipulate a person. | |
| Definitions include: to deceive a person, usually in a playful manner. | |
| Definitions include: related to immorality or illegality. | |
| Definitions include: to tell a different lie when covering up something. | |
| Definitions include: to lie frequently. | |
| Definitions include: cocaine. | |
| Definitions include: to jokingly deceive. | |
| Definitions include: to lie. | |
| Definitions include: a replacement word for fuck. | |
| Definitions include: to anger. | |
| Definitions include: to lie to. | |
| Definitions include: to take a quote out of context in order to make it present a point of view that isn't compatible with the original quote. | |
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Other terms relating to 'around': | |
| Definitions include: the bathroom. | |
| Definitions include: one's home neighborhood. | |
| Definitions include: to waste time. | |
| Definitions include: experienced. | |
| Definitions include: to be lazy. | |
| Definitions include: to act like a clown; to joke. | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "cash rules everything around me". | |
| Definitions include: to cruise (drive) around. | |
| Definitions include: to be joking. | |
| Definitions include: to spend time on a non-productive activity; "waste time". | |
| Definitions include: to waste time, to mess around. | |
| Definitions include: to intentionally show off an item. | |
| Definitions include: to engage in intimate sexual activities; "mess around". | |
| Definitions include: to cheat on one's significant other. | |
| Definitions include: Being unserious. | |
Other terms relating to 'beat': | |
| Definitions include: a disappointing event. | |
| Definitions include: acronym of "Biggest Beating Ever," which can refer to "beating" as in a severe physical attack, or a severe defeat e.g. in a competitive sport. | |
| Definitions include: lacking excitement or people; "boring". | |
| Definitions include: to bring up a subject that was resolved (or should have been resolved) long ago. | |
| Definitions include: to be vastly superior. | |
| Definitions include: to engage in doggy-style sex. | |
| Definitions include: to leave quickly; "haul ass". | |
| Definitions include: a fight or severe beating. | |
| Definitions include: unattractive or undesirable. | |
| Definitions include: to hurry, hustle, esp. when departing. | |
| Definitions include: to physically beat someone causing extensive injury. | |
| Definitions include: to masturbate. | |
| Definitions include: for a male to have sexual intercourse. | |
| Definitions include: to masturbate. | |
| Definitions include: to beat a person. | |
Other terms relating to 'bush': | |
| Definitions include: natural, untrimmed pubic hair ("bush"), especially on a female. | |
| Definitions include: something you have now is worth more than two things you have just a chance of getting. | |
| Definitions include: one's pubic hair. | |
| Definitions include: tired. | |
| Definitions include: bad or inferior. | |
| Definitions include: natural, untrimmed pubic hair, especially on a female. | |
| Definitions include: natural, untrimmed pubic hair ("bush"), especially on a female. | |
| Definitions include: unkempt pubic hair ("bush") on a female, during the non-bikini season. | |
Other terms relating to 'the': | |
| Definitions include: the real information or the proof, instruction, the know how, where, when, and why about something or someone. | |
| Definitions include: walking, generally as opposed to driving. | |
| Definitions include: interrogation. | |
| Definitions include: extremely intoxicated | |
| Definitions include: information. | |
| Definitions include: something you have now is worth more than two things you have just a chance of getting. | |
| Definitions include: a good estimate. | |
| Definitions include: a secret advantage. | |
| Definitions include: inclusive. | |
| Definitions include: to make a bad situation worse. | |
| Definitions include: with the amount of time left to finish a task rapidly disappearing. | |
| Definitions include: having an opinion or belief prior to it becoming common or popular. | |
| Definitions include: of a male, to urinate. | |
| Definitions include: Someone being butthurt over having something, they do to others regularly, done to the them | |
| Definitions include: secret sexual activity with a person other than one's partner. | |
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