All tergiversate synonyms

verb tergiversate

• absented — not in a certain place at a given time; away, missing (opposed to present): absent from class.
• beat around the bush — to talk around a subject without getting to the point
• go awol — a soldier or other military person who is absent from duty without leave.
• hit the trail — (Idiomatic) To leave or depart.
• circumlocute — to speak in a circuitous way
• go forth — military: set out
• absenting — not in a certain place at a given time; away, missing (opposed to present): absent from class.
• depart — When something or someone departs from a place, they leave it and start a journey to another place.
• bring round — to restore (a person) to consciousness, esp after a faint
• jive — swing music or early jazz.
• absents — not in a certain place at a given time; away, missing (opposed to present): absent from class.
• beg the question — If you say that something begs a particular question, you mean that it makes people want to ask that question; some people consider that this use is incorrect.
• juke — to make a move intended to deceive (an opponent).
• cut and run — to make a rapid escape
• dodge — to elude or evade by a sudden shift of position or by strategy: to dodge a blow; to dodge a question.
• go back on — at, to, or toward the rear; backward: to step back.
• mince words — speak tentatively, tactfully
• get away — to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension.
• hit the bricks — a block of clay hardened by drying in the sun or burning in a kiln, and used for building, paving, etc.: traditionally, in the U.S., a rectangle 2.25 × 3.75 × 8 inches (5.7 × 9.5 × 20.3 cm), red, brown, or yellow in color.
• 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.
• give up — the quality or state of being resilient; springiness.
• evade — Escape or avoid, esp. by cleverness or trickery.
• feinted — a movement made in order to deceive an adversary; an attack aimed at one place or point merely as a distraction from the real place or point of attack: military feints; the feints of a skilled fencer.
• 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.
• hesitate — to be reluctant or wait to act because of fear, indecision, or disinclination: She hesitated to take the job.
• dithering — a trembling; vibration.
• flip-flopping — Informal. a sudden or unexpected reversal, as of direction, belief, attitude, or policy.
• fly in the face of — to move through the air using wings.
• get out of — extricate oneself from
• lay low — situated, placed, or occurring not far above the ground, floor, or base: a low shelf.
• apostatize — to forsake or abandon one's belief, faith, or allegiance
• darked — having very little or no light: a dark room.
• jiving — swing music or early jazz.
• desert — A desert is a large area of land, usually in a hot region, where there is almost no water, rain, trees, or plants.
• go over the hill — a natural elevation of the earth's surface, smaller than a mountain.
• give the slip — to move, flow, pass, or go smoothly or easily; glide; slide: Water slips off a smooth surface.
• cover up — If you cover something or someone up, you put something over them in order to protect or hide them.
• go away — leave!
• git — British Slang. a foolish or contemptible person.
• flipflop — Alternative form of flip-flop.
• beaching — an expanse of sand or pebbles along a shore.
• misspeak — Express oneself insufficiently clearly or accurately.
• move on — to pass from one place or position to another.
• defect — A defect is a fault or imperfection in a person or thing.
• misspeaking — (obsolete) Speaking ill; defamation, slander.
• misspoke — Simple past form of misspeak.
• get around — to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension.
• nixing — nothing.
• misspoken — Simple past tense and past participle of misspeak.