talk aroundsomething
phrasal verbwithtalkverb[I]uk/tɔːk/us/tɑːk/
(UKalsotalk round)
toavoidspeakingdirectlyabout something:
He justkepttalkingaround thesubjectand didn'ttacklethemainissues.
Digressing and being indirect or evasive
- bury the ledeidiom
- candy coat
- candy coating
- candy-coated
- circumlocutory
- euphemism
- hedge
- hedging
- implicit
- implicitly
- indirectly
- lede
- mincing
- move offsomething/on (tosomething)
- obfuscate
- obscure
- sanitize
- sidestep
- stray
- veil