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
Ryota	ṙyo:-tah	Japanese
Tatiana	tah-TYAH-nah (Russian, Polish, Spanish, Italian), TAH-tee-ah-nah (Finnish), ta-tee-AN-ə (English), ta-TYAN-ə (English)	Russian, Slovak, Bulgarian, Romanian, Polish, Greek, Georgian, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Finnish
Marinella	-	Italian
Marjory	['ma:dʒəri]
Mindaugas	-	Lithuanian
Yishma'el	-	Biblical Hebrew