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talk round/around sth phrasal verb
phrasal verb
Definition
to avoid speaking directly about something
I felt that he just talked round the subject and didn't tackle the main issues.
(Definition of talk round/around sth from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
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