Thesaurus / play close vest
other words for play close vest
MOST RELEVANT
- avoid
- creep
- dodge
- equivocate
- evade
- glide
- hedge
- lurk
- prevaricate
- prowl
- shuffle
- sidestep
- skirt
- skulk
- slide
- slink
- slip
- sneak
- steal
- tergiversate
- tiptoe
- be noncommittal
- beat around the bush
- duck the issues
- hem and haw
- play it close to the vest
- sit on the fence
- tergiverse
- tread warily
- watch one's step
- weasel
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Squinty could look out, but the slats were as close together as those in a chicken coop, and the little pig could not get out.
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I assure you, no matter how beautifully we play any piece, the minute Liszt plays it, you would scarcely recognize it!
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On the upper part of the stem the whorls are very close together, but they are more widely separated at the lower portion.
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But I hope at least to play to him a few times, and what is more important, to hear him play repeatedly.
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It was close upon twelve o'clock, and the "Rooms" had been open to the public for two hours.
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To fill up the time till Liszt came, our hostess made us play, one after the other, beginning with the latest arrival.
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Again the sallow fingers began to play with the book-covers, passing from one to another, but always slowly and gently.
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In the close relation and affection of these last days, the sense of alienation and antagonism faded from both their hearts.
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Her attachment to impressionism leads this artist to many experiments in color—or, as one critic wrote, "to play with color."
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He passed the latter part of his life in poverty, and towards the close of it, was confined in a madhouse.
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