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dicker collapse: negotiate the terms of an exchange; "We bargained for a beautiful rug in the bazaar"

huckster collapse: a seller of shoddy goods; a person who writes radio or tv advertisements

haggle collapse: an instance of intense argument (as in bargaining); wrangle (over a price, terms of an agreement, etc.); "Let's not haggle over a few dollars"

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

misrepresent collapse: represent falsely; "This statement misrepresents my intentions"

falsify collapse: falsify knowingly; "She falsified the records"; prove false; "Falsify a claim"; make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story

fib collapse: a trivial lie; "he told a fib about eating his spinach"; "how can I stop my child from telling stories?"; tell a relatively insignificant lie; "Fibbing is not acceptable, even if you don't call it lying"

hem and haw collapse: utter `hems' and `haws'; indicated hesitation; "He hemmed and hawed when asked to address the crowd"

weasel collapse: small carnivorous mammal with short legs and elongated body and neck

waver collapse: the act of moving back and forth; someone who communicates by waving; sway to and fro

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"

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"

bargain collapse: an agreement between parties (usually arrived at after discussion) fixing obligations of each; "he made a bargain with the devil"; "he rose to prominence through a series of shady deals"; an advantageous purchase; "she got a bargain at the auction"; "the stock was a real buy at that price"; come to terms; arrive at an agreement

lie collapse: a statement that deviates from or perverts the truth; position or manner in which something is situated; Norwegian diplomat who was the first Secretary General of the United Nations (1896-1968); tell an untruth; pretend with intent to deceive; "Don't lie to your parents"; "She lied when she told me she was only 29"; be lying, be prostrate; be in a horizontal position; "The sick man lay in bed all day"; "the books are lying on the shelf"; be located or situated somewhere; occupy a certain position; have a place in relation to something else; "The fate of Bosnia lies in the hands of the West"; "The responsibility rests with the Allies"; be and remain in a particular state or condition; "lie dormant"

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