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| VERB | 1 | tergiversate, beat around the bush, equivocate, prevaricate, palter | Be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information |
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| 2 | tergiversate, apostatize, apostatise | Abandon one's beliefs or allegiances |
| Meaning | Be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP |
| Synonyms | beat around the bush, equivocate, prevaricate, palter |
| Broader | misinform, mislead |
| Nouns | tergiversation |
| Meaning | Abandon one's beliefs or allegiances. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
| Synonyms | apostatize, apostatise |
| Broader | renounce, repudiate |
| Nouns | tergiversation |
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