pussyfoot
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He took me aside and said sternly, “You can’t pussyfoot it.”
From Salon ● Sep. 22, 2024
"Sometimes there isn't time to pussyfoot around," said John Couch, a 50-year-old self-employed party planner, explaining why he thought Trump's directness could help the country.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2015
That the Times pussyfoot while composing its stories?
From Slate ● Apr. 25, 2011
DDB wasn’t going to pussyfoot around for the LBJ brand just because this was politics.
From Washington Post
“It was until I dropped the bottle, it broke on the floor, and everybody had to pussyfoot around the floor so they wouldn’t get cut by the broken glass,” I said.
From "145th Street: Short Stories" by Walter Dean Myers
"I'd rather have someone with no filter than someone who pussyfoots around," she said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 8, 2016
"Come on, my little pussyfoots," cried Puss, Junior, with a grin.
From Puss in Boots, Jr., and the Good Gray Horse by David Cory
"Very good, sir," and the automaton pussyfoots away.
From Young People's Pride A Novel by Stephen Vincent Benét
I pussyfooted around the garage, checked whether there were hostages in the canteen.
From US News ● Jul. 25, 2016
Sergeant Roy Hooe pussyfooted along the slim runway leading to the spewing machine, did some windy tinkering.
From Time Magazine Archive
For months the people and their leaders had pussyfooted around the twin horrors.
From Time Magazine Archive
One of my friends recently upgraded from a 35-foot express cruiser to a 42-foot convertible and he pussyfooted around in his new boat instead of enjoying it.
From Time Magazine Archive
Then I studied some more documents in a masterful manner and forgot my caller entirely till at last he pussyfooted out, having caught sight of Sandy down by the corral.
From Ma Pettengill by Harry Leon Wilson
“The government is pussyfooting around the ESM, which is a very, very small piece in a much larger problem that has to do with overall European economic governance,” he said.
From Reuters ● Jun. 29, 2023
Mr. DeSantis said Mr. Newsom should “stop pussyfooting around” and join the campaign.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 23, 2023
The problem with such pussyfooting is that its very carefulness means that it won't drive the public conversation.
From Salon ● Aug. 26, 2022
The less confrontational dishes, like salt-cod fish sticks draped with fried green peppers, or grilled pork collar facing a crowd of minted peas, aren’t pussyfooting around, either.
From New York Times ● Dec. 14, 2021
And I said, ‘Why am I pussyfooting around?’
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
