All circumlocute synonyms

verb circumlocute

• hold off — to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
• lay low — situated, placed, or occurring not far above the ground, floor, or base: a low shelf.
• shake off — to move or sway with short, quick, irregular vibratory movements.
• shuffle off — to walk without lifting the feet or with clumsy steps and a shambling gait.
• stay out — to spend some time in a place, in a situation, with a person or group, etc.: He stayed in the army for ten years.
• steer clear of — to guide the course of (something in motion) by a rudder, helm, wheel, etc.: to steer a bicycle.
• step aside — move to one side
• deviate — To deviate from something means to start doing something different or not planned, especially in a way that causes problems for others.
• stray — to deviate from the direct course, leave the proper place, or go beyond the proper limits, especially without a fixed course or purpose; ramble: to stray from the main road.
• meander — to proceed by or take a winding or indirect course: The stream meandered through the valley.
• aberrate — to deviate from what is normal or correct
• depart — When something or someone departs from a place, they leave it and start a journey to another place.
• divagate — to wander; stray.
• drift — a driving movement or force; impulse; impetus; pressure.
• ramble — to wander around in a leisurely, aimless manner: They rambled through the shops until closing time.
• roam — to walk, go, or travel without a fixed purpose or direction; ramble; wander; rove: to roam about the world.
• swerve — to turn aside abruptly in movement or direction; deviate suddenly from the straight or direct course.
• veer — to change direction or turn about or aside; shift, turn, or change from one course, position, inclination, etc., to another: The speaker kept veering from his main topic. The car veered off the road.
• wander — to ramble without a definite purpose or objective; roam, rove, or stray: to wander over the earth.
• deter — To deter someone from doing something means to make them not want to do it or continue doing it.
• detract — If one thing detracts from another, it makes it seem less good or impressive.
• discourage — to deprive of courage, hope, or confidence; dishearten; dispirit.
• distract — to draw away or divert, as the mind or attention: The music distracted him from his work.
• abstract — An abstract idea or way of thinking is based on general ideas rather than on real things and events.
• detach — If you detach one thing from another that it is fixed to, you remove it. If one thing detaches from another, it becomes separated from it.
• disengage — to release from attachment or connection; loosen; unfasten: to disengage a clutch.
• dissuade — to deter by advice or persuasion; persuade not to do something (often followed by from): She dissuaded him from leaving home.
• disturb — to interrupt the quiet, rest, peace, or order of; unsettle.
• sidetrack — any railroad track, other than a siding, auxiliary to the main track.
• stall — a pretext, as a ruse, trick, or the like, used to delay or deceive.
• bend the rules — to ignore rules or change them to suit one's own convenience
• catch flies — any of various plants, especially of the genera Silene and Lychnis, having a viscid secretion on the stem and calyx in which small insects are sometimes caught.
• draw away — to cause to move in a particular direction by or as if by a pulling force; pull; drag (often followed by along, away, in, out, or off).
• get around — to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension.
• avoid — If you avoid something unpleasant that might happen, you take action in order to prevent it from happening.
• shuffle — to walk without lifting the feet or with clumsy steps and a shambling gait.
• dark — When it is dark, there is not enough light to see properly, for example because it is night.
• deceive — If you deceive someone, you make them believe something that is not true, usually in order to get some advantage for yourself.
• fence — a barrier enclosing or bordering a field, yard, etc., usually made of posts and wire or wood, used to prevent entrance, to confine, or to mark a boundary.
• fudge — a small stereotype or a few lines of specially prepared type, bearing a newspaper bulletin, for replacing a detachable part of a page plate without the need to replate the entire page.
• hedge — a row of bushes or small trees planted close together, especially when forming a fence or boundary; hedgerow: small fields separated by hedges.
• juke — to make a move intended to deceive (an opponent).
• lurch — Archaic. the act of lurking or state of watchfulness.
• malinger — to pretend illness, especially in order to shirk one's duty, avoid work, etc.
• parry — to ward off (a thrust, stroke, weapon, etc.), as in fencing; avert.
• pussyfoot — to go or move in a stealthy or cautious manner.
• shift — to put (something) aside and replace it by another or others; change or exchange: to shift friends; to shift ideas.
• short-circuit — Electricity. to make (an appliance, switch, etc.) inoperable by establishing a short circuit in. to carry (a current) as a short circuit.
• slide — to move along in continuous contact with a smooth or slippery surface: to slide down a snow-covered hill.