pussyfoot

pussyfoot around

Fig. to go about timidly and cautiously. (Alludes to a cat walking carefully.) Stop pussyfooting around! Get on with it! I wish that they would not pussyfoot around when there are tough decisions to be made.

pussyfoot (around)

in. to behave in a very cautious manner; to (metaphorically) tread softly; to hedge or equivocate. Come on and say what you mean! Stop pussyfooting.

pussyfoot

verb

See pussyfoot around

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Teresinha	-	Portuguese
Evdokiya	yev-dah-KEE-yah (Russian), eev-dah-KEE-yah (Russian)	Bulgarian, Russian
Evgenia	yev-GYE-nee-yah (Russian), eev-GYE-nee-yah (Russian)	Greek, Russian, Bulgarian
Toivo	TOY-vo	Finnish
Nadia (2)	-	Arabic
French	[frentʃ]