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play it close to the vest synonyms

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  • abstain
  • avert
  • bypass
  • circumlocute
  • circumvent
  • deflect
  • desist
  • ditch
  • divert
  • dodge
  • duck
  • elude
  • escape
  • eschew
  • evade
  • fake out
  • fend off
  • flee
  • give the slip
  • hide
  • hold off
  • jump
  • keep clear
  • lay low
  • obviate
  • recoil
  • beat around the bush
  • blow hot and cold
  • cop a plea
  • cop out
  • duck
  • equivocate
  • evade
  • flip-flop
  • fudge
  • give the run around
  • hem and haw
  • jive
  • pass the buck
  • prevaricate
  • pussyfoot
  • quibble
  • run around
  • shilly-shally
  • shuck
  • shuffle
  • sidestep
  • sit on the fence
  • stall
  • stonewall
  • temporize
  • tergiversate
  • baffle
  • be beyond someone
  • bilk
  • circumvent
  • confound
  • cop out
  • ditch
  • dodge
  • double
  • duck
  • eschew
  • evade
  • flee
  • fly
  • foil
  • frustrate
  • get around
  • get away from
  • give the runaround
  • give the slip
  • give wide berth to
  • hem and haw
  • not touch
  • outrun
  • outwit
  • pass the buck
  • approach unnoticed
  • crawl on all fours
  • edge
  • glide
  • grovel
  • gumshoe
  • inch
  • insinuate
  • lurk
  • pussyfoot
  • scrabble
  • scramble
  • skulk
  • slink
  • slither
  • snake
  • sneak
  • squirm
  • steal
  • tiptoe
  • worm
  • wriggle
  • writhe
  • contrivance
  • device
  • machination
  • method
  • plan
  • plot
  • ploy
  • ruse
  • scheme
  • stratagem
  • strategy
  • subterfuge
  • wile
  • avoid
  • be noncommittal
  • beat around the bush
  • creep
  • dodge
  • equivocate
  • evade
  • glide
  • hedge
  • hem and haw
  • lurk
  • play it close to the vest
  • prevaricate
  • prowl
  • shuffle
  • sidestep
  • sit on the fence
  • skirt
  • skulk
  • slide
  • slink
  • slip
  • sneak
  • steal
  • tergiversate
  • tergiverse
  • beat around the bush
  • beg the question
  • blow hot and cold
  • cavil
  • cloud the issue
  • con
  • cop a plea
  • cop out
  • cover up
  • dodge
  • double-talk
  • elude
  • escape
  • eschew
  • evade
  • falsify
  • fence
  • fib
  • flip-flop
  • fudge
  • give run around
  • hedge
  • hem and haw
  • jive
  • lie
  • mince words
  • avoid
  • baffle
  • balk
  • beat around bush
  • beg the question
  • bypass
  • cavil
  • circumvent
  • conceal
  • confuse
  • cop out
  • deceive
  • decline
  • dodge
  • double
  • duck
  • elude
  • equivocate
  • escape
  • eschew
  • fence
  • fend off
  • flee
  • fly
  • fudge
  • get around
  • coast
  • decline
  • descend
  • drift
  • flit
  • float
  • flow
  • fly
  • glissade
  • roll
  • run
  • sail
  • scud
  • shoot
  • skate
  • skim
  • skip
  • skirr
  • slide
  • slink
  • slip
  • slither
  • smooth along
  • soar
  • spiral
  • stream
  • barrier
  • bush
  • enclosure
  • fence
  • guard
  • hedgerow
  • hurdle
  • protection
  • quickset
  • screen
  • shrubbery
  • thicket
  • windbreak
  • back and fill
  • beat around the bush
  • beg the question
  • dance around
  • equivocate
  • euphemize
  • fudge and mudge
  • hum and haw
  • mince words
  • shilly-shally
  • tapdance
  • conceal oneself
  • creep
  • crouch
  • go furtively
  • gumshoe
  • lie in wait
  • prowl
  • skulk
  • slide
  • slink
  • slip
  • snake
  • sneak
  • snoop
  • stay hidden
  • steal
  • wait
  • beat around the bush
  • beg the question
  • belie
  • cavil
  • con
  • distort
  • dodge
  • equivocate
  • evade
  • exaggerate
  • fabricate
  • falsify
  • fib
  • garble
  • hedge
  • invent
  • jive
  • lie
  • misrepresent
  • misspeak
  • palter
  • phony up
  • put on
  • quibble
  • shift
  • shuffle
  • cruise
  • hunt
  • lurk
  • nose around
  • patrol
  • range
  • roam
  • rove
  • scavenge
  • skulk
  • slink
  • snake
  • sneak
  • stalk
  • steal
  • stroll
  • tramp
  • drag
  • limp
  • muddle
  • pad
  • scrape
  • scuff
  • scuffle
  • shamble
  • straggle
  • stumble
  • trail
  • avoid
  • bypass
  • dance around
  • ditch
  • duck
  • elude
  • escape
  • evade
  • fudge
  • get around
  • get out of
  • give the slip
  • go around
  • juke
  • pussyfoot
  • put the move on
  • shake
  • shake off
  • shirk
  • skip out on
  • skirt
  • weasel
  • abjure
  • abnegate
  • avoid
  • cease
  • constrain
  • curb
  • decline
  • deny oneself
  • do without
  • eschew
  • evade
  • fast
  • fence-sit
  • forbear
  • forgo
  • give the go by
  • give up
  • go on the wagon
  • keep from
  • pass
  • pass up
  • quit
  • refrain
  • refuse
  • renounce
  • shun
  • brim
  • brink
  • fringe
  • hem
  • margin
  • outskirts
  • perimeter
  • periphery
  • purlieus
  • rim
  • skirting
  • verge
  • avoid
  • bypass
  • conceal oneself
  • creep
  • crouch
  • dodge
  • elude
  • evade
  • hide
  • lie in wait
  • prowl
  • pussyfoot
  • sidestep
  • slack
  • slink
  • snake
  • sneak
  • snoop
  • steal
  • accelerate
  • coast
  • drift
  • drive
  • drop
  • fall
  • fall off
  • flow
  • glide
  • glissade
  • launch
  • move
  • move along
  • move over
  • propel
  • sag
  • scooch
  • shift
  • shove
  • skate
  • skid
  • skim
  • slip
  • slither
  • slump
  • smooth along
  • coast
  • cower
  • glide
  • glissade
  • go stealthily
  • gumshoe
  • lurk
  • meander
  • mooch
  • pass quietly
  • prowl
  • pussyfoot
  • shirk
  • sidle
  • skitter
  • skulk
  • slick
  • slide
  • slip
  • slither
  • snake
  • sneak
  • steal
  • undulate
  • blooper
  • blunder
  • bungle
  • failure
  • fault
  • flub
  • fluff
  • foul-up
  • gaff
  • howler
  • imprudence
  • indiscretion
  • lapse
  • misdeed
  • misstep
  • mistake
  • muff
  • omission
  • oversight
  • screw-up
  • slip of the tongue
  • slip-up
  • trip
  • cheater
  • con artist
  • coward
  • cur
  • dastard
  • heel
  • informer
  • louse
  • rascal
  • reptile
  • scoundrel
  • skunk
  • slink
  • snake
  • snake in grass
  • toad
  • weasel
  • wretch
  • abduct
  • appropriate
  • blackmail
  • burglarize
  • carry off
  • cheat
  • cozen
  • defraud
  • despoil
  • divert
  • embezzle
  • heist
  • hold for ransom
  • hold up
  • housebreak
  • keep
  • kidnap
  • lift
  • loot
  • make off with
  • misappropriate
  • peculate
  • pilfer
  • pillage
  • pinch
  • pirate
  • apostatize
  • defect
  • equivocate
  • hedge
  • renounce
  • shift
  • shuffle
  • abandon
  • abscond
  • apostatize
  • back out
  • break faith
  • change sides
  • depart
  • desert
  • fall away from
  • forsake
  • go
  • go back on
  • go over
  • go over the fence
  • lapse
  • leave
  • pull out
  • quit
  • rat
  • rebel
  • reject
  • renege
  • renounce
  • revolt
  • run out
  • schism
  • cautious
  • cautiously
  • creeping
  • quietly
  • sneaking
  • stealthy
  • warily
  • avoid
  • be noncommittal
  • beat around the bush
  • creep
  • dodge
  • duck the issues
  • equivocate
  • evade
  • glide
  • hedge
  • hem and haw
  • lurk
  • play it close to the vest
  • prevaricate
  • prowl
  • shuffle
  • sidestep
  • sit on the fence
  • skirt
  • skulk
  • slide
  • slink
  • slip
  • sneak
  • steal
  • tergiversate
  • act correctly
  • act one's age
  • act with decorum
  • be civil
  • be good
  • be nice
  • be on best behavior
  • be orderly
  • comport oneself
  • conduct oneself properly
  • control
  • demean oneself
  • deport oneself
  • direct
  • discipline oneself
  • keep one's nose clean
  • keep the peace
  • live up to
  • manage
  • manage oneself
  • mind one's manners
  • mind one's p's and q's
  • observe golden rule
  • observe the law
  • play fair
  • shape up
  • betrayer
  • blabbermouth
  • canary
  • deceiver
  • deep throat
  • double-crosser
  • fink
  • informant
  • informer
  • narc
  • nark
  • rat
  • sneak
  • snitch
  • snitcher
  • source
  • squealer
  • stool pigeon
  • stoolie
  • tattler
  • tattletale
  • tipster
  • turncoat
  • whistle-blower

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