beat about the bush

Example Sentences

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Xavi: "I won't beat about the bush, Pep. I have one question for you: do you count on me?"

From BBC • Feb. 16, 2024

Previously, prosecutor Kevin Dent QC told jurors that the defendants did not "beat about the bush" in the encrypted messages.

From BBC • May 27, 2022

Some artists sure don’t beat about the bush and name the man.

From The Guardian • Dec. 10, 2015

"Not to beat about the bush," Lennon wrote, "he could fart like nobody else in the world, before, then, or since."

From The Guardian • Mar. 20, 2011

And I told you that it would be a bad day's work for you if we did quarrel; and quarrel we shall if you try to beat about the bush, as you're doing now.

From The Man Without a Memory by Marchmont, Arthur W. (Arthur Williams)