Beating around the Bush?

Question:what does this mean?

I have an idea but im not sure.

Answers:
You are "beating around the bush" when you talk about things indirectly, not stating exactly what you mean. Example: "Why don't you just come out and say what you want to say? Stop beating around the bush." When you ask questions or hint at things without being clear about what you mean, you are beating around the bush. Example: "If you want to ask me, just ask; don't beat around the bush." Example: "We haven't talked about it directly; we've been beating around the bush."

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It means not getting to the point of what you want to say.
It means hinting around about something...not coming right out with it...leaving you to guess what they are saying.
Evading something. Figuratively...someone spinning around a shrub so as not to be seen.
Beating around the bush means not getting to the point. Hitting everything else under the sun but what we're trying to get at. Sometimes people say it when others don't want to get to the point.
Avoiding to answer a question.
it means not getting to the point of what ur trying to say.
not being forward and hinting around the subject.

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