"menare il can per l'aia" meaning in Italian

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Verb

Forms: menàre il can per l' aia [canonical], méno il can per l' aia [first-person, present, singular], menài il can per l' aia [first-person, historic, past, singular], menàto il can per l' aia [participle, past], avére [auxiliary]
Etymology: Literally, “take the dog to the barnyard”. Etymology templates: {{m-g|take the dog to the barnyard}} “take the dog to the barnyard”, {{lit|take the dog to the barnyard}} Literally, “take the dog to the barnyard” Head templates: {{it-verb|a/é}} menàre il can per l'aia (first-person singular present méno il can per l'aia, first-person singular past historic menài il can per l'aia, past participle menàto il can per l'aia, auxiliary avére)
  1. (idiomatic) to beat around the bush Tags: idiomatic Synonyms: indugiare, tergiversare, temporeggiare, ciurlare nel manico, menare per il naso
    Sense id: en-menare_il_can_per_l'aia-it-verb-qHDQQBAe Categories (other): Italian entries with incorrect language header, Italian links with redundant wikilinks, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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          "word": "temporeggiare"
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          "word": "ciurlare nel manico"
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          "word": "menare per il naso"
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          "word": "tergiversare"
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