about the bush
around the bush
be careful
be cautious
beat about
beat around
beg the question
bicker
boggle
cavil
choplogic
couch
crawl
creep
dodge
duck
equivocate
evade
evade the issue
fence
glide
go on tiptoe
grovel
gumshoe
hedge
hem and haw
hesitate
hum and haw
inch
inch along
lay wait
lie in wait
lurk
make haste slowly
mystify
nightwalk
nitpick
obscure
pad
palter
parry
pick nits
prevaricate
prowl
pull away
pull back
put off
quibble
recoil
scrabble
walk
pussyfooted
pussyfooting
pussyfoots
Foot
afoot
caput
foot
put
soot
underfoot