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skirt verb
/skɜːt/
/skɝːt/ v [T I + prep] (also skirt around/round) Definition
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to be on or move along the edge of something; to avoidTake the road which skirts (round) the village, not the one which goes through it.
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to avoid discussing a subject or problem, usually because there are difficulties that you do not want to deal withThough the government has promised to deal with drug abuse, it has been accused of skirting round the issue.
(Definition of skirt verb from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
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