All hedge synonyms

verb hedge

• dodge — to elude or evade by a sudden shift of position or by strategy: to dodge a blow; to dodge a question.
• equivocate — Use ambiguous language so as to conceal the truth or avoid committing oneself.
• temporise — to be indecisive or evasive to gain time or delay acting.
• enclose — Surround or close off on all sides.
• protect — to defend or guard from attack, invasion, loss, annoyance, insult, etc.; cover or shield from injury or danger.
• encircle — Form a circle around ; surround.
• blow hot and cold — to vacillate
• cop out — If you say that someone is copping out, you mean they are avoiding doing something they should do.
• hem and haw — the utterance or sound of “hem.”.
• pass the buck — Poker. any object in the pot that reminds the winner of some privilege or obligation when his or her turn to deal next comes.
• shilly-shally — to show indecision or hesitation; be irresolute; vacillate.
• cop a plea — to plead guilty to a criminal charge, esp. so as to get a lighter sentence
• beat around the bush — to talk around a subject without getting to the point
• run around — to go quickly by moving the legs more rapidly than at a walk and in such a manner that for an instant in each step all or both feet are off the ground.
• sit on the fence — to be unable or unwilling to commit oneself
• hem in — to fold back and sew down the edge of (cloth, a garment, etc.); form an edge or border on or around.