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
"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
This is not a time to beat about the bush.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 30, 2010
There is no witness to our cosy chat, for the birds are gone a-picnicing, so why should we beat about the bush?
From The Maid of Honour, Vol. 1 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France by Lewis Wingfield
