prevaricated in English
verb
1
speak or act in an evasive way.
he seemed to prevaricate when journalists asked pointed questions
synonyms:be evasivebeat around the bushhedgefenceshilly-shallydodge (the issue)sidestep (the issue)equivocatewaffletemporizestall (for time)hem and hawtergiversate
verb
- be evasivebeat around the bushhedgefenceshilly-shallydodge (the issue)sidestep (the issue)equivocatewaffletemporizestall (for time)hem and hawtergiversate
- beat around the bushtergiversateequivocatepalter
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