Did Not Skirt Around?

To avoid or evade some issue or topic, as by circumlocution. He always skirts around the issue whenever I bring up pay raises for the people on my team. When asked about his role in the scandal, the CEO skirted around the issue with a longwinded non sequitur about his loyalty to his company and its customers.

What does it mean to skirt around?

​[transitive, intransitive] to avoid talking about a subject, especially because it is difficult or embarrassing. skirt something He carefully skirted the issue of where they would live. skirt around/round something She tactfully skirted around the subject of money.

What does it mean to skirt around the truth?

Prevarication is when someone tells a lie, especially in a sneaky way. ... While the noun prevarication is mostly just a fancy way to say "lie," it can also mean skirting around the truth, being vague about the truth, or even delaying giving someone an answer, especially to avoid telling them the whole truth.