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
"I came to ask about that lamp in the window, Mr. Delany," Alison said, too eager to beat about the bush.
From Briarwood Girls by Julia Lestarjette Glover
