When someone avoids giving a definite answer: “We tried to pin her down, but she just kept ________.”
This question was slightly altered from the 1965–70 question.
| BEATING AROUND THE BUSH | 9 |
| GIVING US THE RUNAROUND | 6 |
| DODGING THE ISSUE | 5 |
| AVOIDING THE ISSUE | 4 |
| HEMMING AND HAWING | 4 |
| SIDESTEPPING THE ISSUE | 3 |
| DUCKING THE ISSUE | 2 |
| EVADING THE ISSUE | 2 |
| STALLING | 2 |
| BEING WISHY WASHY | 1 |
| DODGING | 1 |
| GOING BACK AND FORTH | 1 |
| HEDGING | 1 |
| HIMHAWING | 1 |
| PUNTING | 1 |
| PUTTING US OFF | 1 |
| RAMBLING | 1 |
| SHILLY-SHALLYING | 1 |
| SIDE-STEPPED IT | 1 |
| WAFFLING | 1 |
| WAVERING | 1 |
| WEASLING OUT OF IT | 1 |
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