1. Be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information
   "Stop beating around the bush and tell me what really happened";
   - equivocate, tergiversate, prevaricate, palter [archaic], beat about the bush [informal], weasel [informal]

Derived forms: beaten around the bush, beats around the bush, beat around the bush, beating around the bush

Type of: disinform, misinform, mislead

Encyclopedia: Beat around the bush