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Contexts Past tense for to speak evasively or indirectly, typically to avoid addressing something Past tense for to hold back or play down the severity of what one is communicating Past tense for to conceal the truth by giving equivocal answers Verb ▲ Past tense for to speak evasively or indirectly, typically to avoid addressing something hemmed and hawed hesitated equivocated danced around shilly-shallied begged the question hummed and hawed beaten around the bush hedged tergiversated prevaricated waffled pussyfooted dodged flannelled flanneled weaseledUS weaselledUK vacillated ducked evaded avoided stalled shuffled skirted falsified misrepresented copped out sat on the fence parried questions beat about the bush shifted ground about evaded the issue fudged beaten about the bush oscillated fluctuated wavered varied swung yo-yoed alternated swayed turned blown hot and cold displaced swungen transformed mutated altered digressed swang shifted blew hot and cold changed went up and down gone up and down went from one extreme to the other gone from one extreme to the other Verb ▲ Past tense for to hold back or play down the severity of what one is communicating minced understated underemphasized underplayed downplayed euphemized minimisedUK minimizedUS held back soft-pedalled soft-pedaled toned down de-emphasized played down made light of made little of made nothing of put on the soft pedal moderated mitigated palliated subdued shushed glossed over blue-pencilled setted little store by blue-penciled shrugged off setted no store by gone easy went easy whitewashed softened deemphasized undervalued lessened trivializedUS devalued talked down trivialisedUK underrated qualified extenuated diminished underestimated minified deprecated detracted from discounted misprized rationalizedUS sugarcoated prettified downgraded rationalisedUK held cheap softened up pooh-poohed reduced belittled weakened dismissed derogated cheapened tempered minimalized sold short brushed off justified scoffed at laughed off thought nothing of covered up candy-coated brushed something under the carpet brushed aside undertoned attached little importance to explained away treated as unimportant treated lightly dumbed down thought little of made light taken lightly took lightly gave little weight to given a lower profile gave a lower profile given little weight to Verb ▲ Past tense for to conceal the truth by giving equivocal answers fenced hedged equivocated prevaricated vacillated tergiversated flanneled flannelled waffled dodged quibbled sidestepped parried evaded stalled stonewalled cavilledUK caviledUS paltered shifted shirked shilly-shallied dodged the issue parried questions beat about the bush beaten about the bush sidestepped the issue fudged the issue ducked the issue ducked the question pussyfooted around pussyfooted fudged weaseledUS weaselledUK temporizedUS temporisedUK evaded the issue hummed and hawed hemmed and hawed sat on the fence copped out copped a plea beaten around the bush passed the buck shuffled jived conned adumbrated fibbed pettifogged lied subtilized ducked avoided hesitated shucked begged the question run around shuffled about minced matters flip-flopped straddled the fence covered up shuffled around clouded the issue hedged your bets blew hot and cold stalled for time blown hot and cold told white lie lay laid gave the run around given the run around given run around gave run around ran around avoided the issue bypassed circumvented balkedUS baulkedUK quibbled about beat around bush skirted round beat about the bush about copped out of fended off found a way round avoided answering beaten about the bush about beaten around bush got out of gotten out of Find more words! 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