pussyfoot
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He took me aside and said sternly, “You can’t pussyfoot it.”
From Salon ● Sep. 22, 2024
“We’re not going to pussyfoot around,” he added.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 5, 2022
“I don’t want to pussyfoot anymore,” said Marie Harris, a former state poet laureate.
From Slate ● Jul. 18, 2019
"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
“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
"Very good, sir," and the automaton pussyfoots away.
From Young People's Pride A Novel by Benét, Stephen Vincent
"Come on, my little pussyfoots," cried Puss, Junior, with a grin.
From Puss in Boots, Jr., and the Good Gray Horse by Cory, David
I pussyfooted around the garage, checked whether there were hostages in the canteen.
From US News ● Jul. 25, 2016
I have sidled, tiptoed, pussyfooted, perhaps even slunk.
From Time Magazine Archive
For months the people and their leaders had pussyfooted around the twin horrors.
From Time Magazine Archive
Sergeant Roy Hooe pussyfooted along the slim runway leading to the spewing machine, did some windy tinkering.
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 Wilson, Harry Leon
Perhaps – nah, let's stop pussyfooting and call it like it is.
From Salon ● Jul. 9, 2023
“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
As its title implies, Kenya Barris’ “black-ish” will not be pussyfooting around political correctness.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2022
And I said, ‘Why am I pussyfooting around?’
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
