tiptoe aroundsomething/someone
phrasal verbwithtiptoeverb[Iusually+ adv/prep]uk/ˈtɪp.təʊ/us/ˈtɪp.toʊ/
informal(UKalsotiptoe roundsomething/someone)toavoiddealingwith adifficultsubject,problem, orperson:
Jonathankeepstiptoeingaround theproblem,insteadofconfrontingit.
Digressing and being indirect or evasive
- bury the ledeidiom
- candy coat
- candy coating
- candy-coated
- circumlocutory
- euphemism
- hedge
- hedging
- implicit
- implicitly
- indirectly
- lede
- mincing
- move offsomething/on (tosomething)
- obfuscate
- obscure
- sanitize
- sidestep
- stray
- veil