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nitpick: be overly critical; criticize minor details

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palter collapse

beg the question collapse

pettifog collapse

beat around the bush collapse: be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information

prevaricate collapse

blow hot and cold collapse

tear to pieces collapse

tear apart collapse

pick to pieces collapse

tergiversate collapse

mystify collapse: make mysterious; "mystify the story"

take exception collapse

split hairs collapse

chop logic collapse

pussyfoot collapse

equivocate collapse

bicker collapse: a quarrel about petty points

parry collapse: (fencing) blocking a lunge or deflecting it with a circular motion of the sword; impede the movement of (an opponent or a ball); "block an attack"

sidestep collapse: a step to one side (as in boxing or dancing)

cavil collapse: raise trivial objections

quibble collapse: an evasion of the point of an argument by raising irrelevant distinctions or objections; argue over petty things; "Let's not quibble over pennies"; evade the truth of a point or question by raising irrelevant objections

evade collapse: use cunning or deceit to escape or avoid; "The con man always evades"; practice evasion; "This man always hesitates and evades"

cut up collapse: cut into pieces

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