tiptoe around
phrasal verb
tiptoed around; tiptoeing around; tiptoes around
: to avoid talking about (something) : to talk about (something) only in an indirect way
They tiptoed around the subject of her poor health.
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Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 20 Aug. 2024
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Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 20 Aug. 2024
Gnanavel’s film tiptoes around some caste and class issues but avoids getting too deep.
—Sweta Kaushal, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2024
Another shard of broken glass that investors will have to tiptoe around are questions about a soft or hard landing.
—Rocio Fabbro, Quartz, 16 Sep. 2024
How To Die Alone doesn’t tiptoe around the stigma and discrimination faced by women in larger bodies.
—Virgie Tovar, Forbes, 13 Sep. 2024
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“Tiptoe around.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tiptoe%20around. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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