argue round and round

English

Alternative forms

• argue round and round the subject

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
2. (transitive) to not talk about (a subject), to avoid the question

Synonyms

• beat around the bush

Translations

to talk with many digressions, not about subject

• Russian: говори́ть не по существу́ (govorítʹ ne po suščestvú), говори́ть не по те́ме (govorítʹ ne po téme), ходи́ть вокру́г да о́коло (ru) (xodítʹ vokrúg da ókolo) не в те́му (ne v tému) (colloquial)