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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

argue round and round en · VERB

Meanings

  1. (intransitive) to talk with many digressions
  2. (transitive) to not talk about (a subject), to avoid the question

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
arguing round and round Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
argued round and round Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
argued round and round Tense=Past lexicographic
argue round and round the subject alternative lexicographic
argues round and round Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Synonyms

beat around the bush

Translations (3)

ru говори́ть не по существу́ (to talk with many digressions, not about subject) · ru ходи́ть вокру́г да о́коло не в те́му (to talk with many digressions, not about subject) · ru говори́ть не по те́ме (to talk with many digressions, not about subject)