Antonyms for beat around the bushbeat around the bush

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1. beat around the bushverb

   Antonyms:
   get on with it, get to the point, cut to the chase

   Synonyms:
   waffle, pussyfoot, prevaricate

2. beat around the bushverb

   To treat a topic, but omit its main points, often intentionally.

   Antonyms:
   get to the point, get on with it, cut to the chase

   Synonyms:
   pussyfoot, waffle, prevaricate

3. beat around the bushverb

   To delay or avoid talking about something difficult or unpleasant.

   Please stop beating around the bush and tell me what the problem is!

   Synonyms:
   waffle, pussyfoot, prevaricate

   Antonyms:
   cut to the chase, get to the point, get on with it

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1. beat around the bush, equivocate, tergiversate, prevaricate, palterverb

   be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information

   Synonyms:
   equivocate, apostatise, tergiversate, palter, prevaricate, apostatize

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