"argue round and round" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: argues round and round [present, singular, third-person], arguing round and round [participle, present], argued round and round [participle, past], argued round and round [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} argue round and round (third-person singular simple present argues round and round, present participle arguing round and round, simple past and past participle argued round and round)
  1. (intransitive) to talk with many digressions Tags: intransitive Translations (to talk with many digressions, not about subject): говори́ть не по существу́ (govorítʹ ne po suščestvú) (Russian), говори́ть не по те́ме (govorítʹ ne po téme) (Russian), ходи́ть вокру́г да о́коло не в те́му (xodítʹ vokrúg da ókolo) [colloquial] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-argue_round_and_round-en-verb-ZO2TPLiI Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 81 19 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 68 32 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 64 36 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 86 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 77 23 Disambiguation of 'to talk with many digressions, not about subject': 58 42
  2. (transitive) to not talk about (a subject), to avoid the question Tags: transitive Synonyms: beat around the bush, argue round and round the subject
    Sense id: en-argue_round_and_round-en-verb-Y5ug6hQq

Inflected forms

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