Idiom Breakdown

go around the houses

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Definition

Do something (especially talking) circuitously.

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Also Said As

beat around the bush
pussyfoot
prevaricate
ramble
waffle

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Opposite In Meaning

come to the point
cut to the chase
get on with it
get to the point

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See Also

go all around the Wrekin