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dance around

dance around verb: to avoid (a topic) by circumlocution etc.

Verb

dance around (third-person singular simple present dances around, present participle dancing around, simple past and past participle danced around)

  1. (colloquial, transitive) To avoid (a topic) by circumlocution etc.
  2. (colloquial, intransitive) To lead on or delay by deceit; to cause someone to waste time.
  3. (intransitive) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see dance, around.

Forms of dance around

third-person singular presentdances around
present participledancing around
past participledanced around
pastdanced around

Questions about dance around

What does dance around mean?
Dance around means to avoid (a topic) by circumlocution etc.
What part of speech is dance around?
Dance around is a verb.
What is the past tense of dance around?
The past tense of dance around is danced around.

Words near dance around in the dictionary

  1. danc't
  2. dancable
  3. Dancalan
  4. dancathon
  5. dance
  6. dance around
  7. dance attendance
  8. dance band
  9. dance bands
  10. dance belt
  11. dance belts

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