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dance around

VERB

hem and haw

Synonyms

WEAK

back and fill beat around the bush beg the question equivocate euphemize fudge and mudge hum and haw mince words shilly-shally tapdance

VERB

sidestep

Synonyms

STRONGEST

avoid bypass duck evade fudge skirt

STRONG

ditch elude escape juke pussyfoot shake shirk weasel

WEAK

get around get out of give the slip go around put the move on shake off skip out on

Antonyms

STRONGEST

face meet take on

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Some are starting to warn of potential excesses in the market, though dance around calling a bubble.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 3, 2025

"I'd only ever done one dance move before, but when I was writing the song, I was like, 'It's time for me to step out of my comfort zone and dance around'."

From BBC • May 16, 2025

This strange new world orbits around two stars at once, which dance around each other in what astronomers call a binary system.

From Space Scoop • May 6, 2025

Roberts said he didn’t use the exact word “dynasty” in his annual speech on the first day of spring training, but he didn’t dance around it either.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 23, 2025

I didn’t dance around what I really wanted and they didn’t keep secrets because they were afraid of my reaction.

From "P.S. I Miss You" by Jen Petro-Roy

dance around

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