I wish she wouldn't pussyfoot about it and just say what she means.
Source: tatoeba (308931)
Pussyfoot
Synonyms for "pussyfoot" (110 found)
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35 translations across 8 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- действам предпазливо verb (to act timidly)
- промъквам се тихо verb (to move silently)
Czech
2 entries- jednat příliš opatrně verb (to act timidly)
- opatrně našlapovat verb (to move silently)
Dutch
4 entries- schoonspreken verb (to use euphemistic language)
- sluipen verb (to move silently)
- treuzelen verb (to act timidly)
- trippelen verb (to move silently)
Faroese
1 entries- smeita verb (to move silently)
Finnish
4 entries- arastella verb (to act timidly)
- hiipiä verb (to move silently)
- hipsiä verb (to move silently)
- hipsutella verb (to move silently)
German
4 entries- auf Zehenspitzen gehen verb (to move silently)
- herumschleichen verb (to move silently)
- leisetreten verb (to move silently)
- leisetreten verb (to act timidly)
Norwegian
3 entries- gå på gummisåler verb (to act timidly)
- gå på gummisåler verb (to use euphemistic language)
- skjønnmale verb (to use euphemistic language)
Swedish
4 entries- fega verb (to act timidly)
- fjompa verb (to act timidly)
- omformulera verb (to use euphemistic language)
- omskriva verb (to use euphemistic language)
Sample sentences
6 total sentences available.
Don't pussyfoot around the issue; do we have a problem, or don't we?
Source: tatoeba (326497)
— So are you going to practice what you’re preaching and stop pussyfooting around with Faye? — Hey, I’m 0 for 1 when it comes to practicing what I preach. These feet stay pussied for the time being.
Source: wiktionary
The TSSA union said the Government should "stop pussyfooting around" and place Euston at the heart of the transformative rail project.
Source: wiktionary
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