Synonyms of straddling the fence

straddling the fence

phrase

present participle of straddle the fence

as in beating about the bush

to avoid giving a definite answer or position

I'd straddle the fence long enough and it was time to make a decision.

Synonyms & Similar Words

• beating about the bush
• weaseling
• hemming and hawing
• beating around the bush
• shaking
• hedging
• waffling
• ducking
• equivocating
• tergiversating
• dodging
• pussyfooting
• evading
• fudging
• eluding
• shunning
• eschewing
• cavilling
• flip-flopping
• sidestepping
• skirting
• yo-yoing
• circumventing
• bypassing
• shirking
• caviling
• quibbling
• straddling