Phrase guide
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Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
verb
To do something (especially to speak) circuitously.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: come to the point, cut to the chase, get on with it, get to the point
Narrower terms: beat around the bush, pussyfoot, prevaricate, ramble, waffle
History
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