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Mince words

//ˌmɪns ˈwɜːdz// verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To restrain oneself when speaking by withholding some comments or using euphemisms in order to be polite, tactful, etc. idiomatic, intransitive

    "Near-synonym: pull punches"

Etymology

From mince (“to say or utter vaguely (not directly or frankly)”, transitive figurative verb) + words. First attested in the mid-1500s.

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