verb
to speak or write in a roundabout way; to use many words when fewer would do; to avoid being direct or concise
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The politician tends to circumlocute his answers in order to avoid directly addressing the question.
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Just get to the point and stop circumlocuting!
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He's always beating around the bush and circumlocuting.
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Her words circled around the truth, like a bird circling its prey, never quite landing on it.