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Phrase(s): say something in a roundabout way to imply something without saying it; to say something indirectly; to speak using circumlocution. • Why don’t you say what you mean? Why do you always say something in a roundabout way? • What did she mean? Why did she say it in a roundabout way?
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs