beat around the bush in Anglais

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{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "word": "cut to the chase"
    },
    {
      "word": "get to the point"
    }
  ],
  "categories": [
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Compositions en anglais",
      "parents": [],
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    },
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      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
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    },
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      "orig": "anglais",
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_texts": [
    "Composé de beat (« battre »), around (« autour ») et bush (« buisson »)."
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "to beat around the bush",
      "ipas": [
        "\\biːt əˈɹaʊnd ðə bʊʃ\\"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beats around the bush",
      "ipas": [
        "\\biːts əˈɹaʊnd ðə bʊʃ\\"
      ],
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        "present",
        "third-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beat around the bush ou beaten around the bush",
      "ipas": [
        "\\biːt əˈɹaʊnd ðə bʊʃ\\",
        "\\biːtən əˈɹaʊnd ðə bʊʃ\\"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beating around the bush",
      "ipas": [
        "\\biːtiŋ əˈɹaʊnd ðə bʊʃ\\"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Anglais",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "pos_title": "Locution verbale",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "beat about the bush"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Tourner autour du pot."
      ],
      "id": "fr-beat_around_the_bush-en-verb-KIKK2HxZ",
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "ipa": "\\biːt əˈɹaʊnd ðə bʊʃ\\"
    },
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      "audio": "En-au-beat around the bush.ogg",
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      "raw_tags": [
        "Australie"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "beat around the bush"
}

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{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "word": "cut to the chase"
    },
    {
      "word": "get to the point"
    }
  ],
  "categories": [
    "Compositions en anglais",
    "Expressions en anglais",
    "Locutions verbales en anglais",
    "anglais"
  ],
  "etymology_texts": [
    "Composé de beat (« battre »), around (« autour ») et bush (« buisson »)."
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "to beat around the bush",
      "ipas": [
        "\\biːt əˈɹaʊnd ðə bʊʃ\\"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beats around the bush",
      "ipas": [
        "\\biːts əˈɹaʊnd ðə bʊʃ\\"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "third-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beat around the bush ou beaten around the bush",
      "ipas": [
        "\\biːt əˈɹaʊnd ðə bʊʃ\\",
        "\\biːtən əˈɹaʊnd ðə bʊʃ\\"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beating around the bush",
      "ipas": [
        "\\biːtiŋ əˈɹaʊnd ðə bʊʃ\\"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Anglais",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "pos_title": "Locution verbale",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "beat about the bush"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Tourner autour du pot."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "\\biːt əˈɹaʊnd ðə bʊʃ\\"
    },
    {
      "audio": "En-au-beat around the bush.ogg",
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      "raw_tags": [
        "Australie"
      ]
    }
  ],
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}

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"beat around the bush" meaning in Anglais

Verb

Inflected forms