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spoke around

/spəʊk əˈraʊnd/

/spoʊk əˈraʊnd/

Translations

speak aroundverb

spoke around

Past Simple

spoke around

Past Simple

spoken around

Past Participle

speaking around

Gerund

/spiːk əˈraʊnd/

/spik əˈraʊnd/

tourner autour deSens figuré : parler d’un sujet de façon indirecte ou évasive.

Stop speaking around the problem and tell us what really happened.

Arrête de tourner autour du problème et dis-nous ce qui s’est vraiment passé.

Additional translations

parler à côté du sujetPlus explicite, avec l’idée de ne pas aborder le point principal.

Synonyms

talk about

refer to

speak aroundverb

To talk about a subject indirectly or evasively, avoiding the main point.

Instead of addressing the issue directly, he chose to speak around it, leaving everyone confused.