pussyfoot in the PONS Dictionary

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Rather than pussyfooting around with political correctness, the nuclear industry should perhaps take a more muscular attitude.
hanlonblog.dailymail.co.uk
I didn't want people to pussyfoot around and not dare to ask me.
www.eadt.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
I don't like to pussyfoot around on an issue.
www.theglobeandmail.com
He would not have wasted two years pussyfooting around.
theconversation.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
Following pussyfooting by the government, markets reversed course over the last 12 months.
www.deccanherald.com
After a bit of, er, pussyfooting, he did.
www.bbc.co.uk
It's too profound a matter to be pussyfooting around with.
www.independent.ie
They don't pussyfoot about, and nobody views this as callous or uncaring.
www.independent.ie

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