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How to pronounce pussyfoot in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms creep, mouse, sneak
Type of walk

Examples of pussyfoot

pussyfoot
They pussyfoot along on an electric trolling motor, watching for big fish.
From the toledoblade.com
Why should everyone pussyfoot around with expensive breakfasts and cringing favor-trading?
From the nytimes.com
He is also a favourite of management, who pussyfoot around him and wrap him in cotton wool.
From the guardian.co.uk
The next president will be tempted to pussyfoot around that landmine.
From the dispatchpolitics.com
She doesn't pussyfoot around with different techniques or try to tap into the latest trend.
From the guardian.co.uk
Why pussyfoot around, why not introduce the Japanesejustice system.
From the guardian.co.uk
We want to see the ranking higher but let's not pussyfoot around.
From the guardian.co.uk
When she had a platform to speak, she resolved, she would not pussyfoot around in the same manner.
From the guardian.co.uk
Alley cats The Alley Cat Allies don't pussyfoot around when it comes to felines without friends.
From the usatoday.com
More examples
  • Sneak: to go stealthily or furtively; "..stead of sneaking around spying on the neighbor's house"
  • Pussyfoot was the name of a British recording act of the late 1970s.
  • Pussyfoot is a 2008 film directed by Dusan Sekulovic.
  • To move silently, stealthily, or furtively; To act timidly or cautiously; To use euphemistic language or circumlocution
  • Railroad detective, police, or security personnel, often found in plain clothes in rail yards or piggy-back lifts where high-dollar freight is being moved.
  • To do something very cautiously