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dances around

dances around is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 dances around

What is dances around the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Dances around is the third-person singular simple present indicative of dance around.

Words near dances around in the dictionary

  1. dancerliness
  2. dancerly
  3. dancers
  4. dancery
  5. dances
  6. dances around
  7. dances attendance
  8. dances of the seven veils
  9. dances on nothing
  10. dances on someone's grave
  11. dances out

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