pussyfoot in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for pussyfoot in the English»French Dictionary

pussyfoot [Brit ˈpʊsɪfʊt, Am ˈpʊsiˌfʊt] VB intr a. pussyfoot around, pussyfoot about inf

pussyfoot

tourner autour du pot inf

pussyfoot in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for pussyfoot in the English»French Dictionary

pussyfoot [ˈpʊsifʊt] VB intr

to pussyfoot (around)

tergiverser

pussyfoot Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to pussyfoot (around)

tergiverser

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

Following pussyfooting by the government, markets reversed course over the last 12 months.

www.deccanherald.com

I didn't want people to pussyfoot around and not dare to ask me.

www.eadt.co.uk

They'd sooner get on with what needs to be done without too much pussyfooting around.

www.odt.co.nz

I don't like to pussyfoot around on an issue.

www.theglobeandmail.com

But enough of the pussyfooting around in terms of, you know, do you support us or do you not support us?

www.newsobserver.com

They don't pussyfoot about, and nobody views this as callous or uncaring.

www.independent.ie

Add a strong dose of xenophobia... actually, no, let's not pussyfoot around the issue here.

www.morningstaronline.co.uk

But there should be no option other than to abide by the rules, and no pussyfooting around with anyone who transgresses them.

www.dailymail.co.uk

There's no way to misconstrue what was happening, so the series didn't have to pussyfoot around the matter.

www.tv.com

He would not have wasted two years pussyfooting around.

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