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danced around

danced around is the simple past and past participle of dance around.

Meaning of dance around

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.

Questions about danced around

What is danced around the simple past and past participle of?
Danced around is the simple past and past participle of dance around.

Words near danced around in the dictionary

  1. dancebands
  2. dancecard
  3. dancecards
  4. dancecore
  5. danced
  6. danced around
  7. danced attendance
  8. danced on nothing
  9. danced on someone's grave
  10. danced out
  11. danced the Tyburn jig

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