transcription, транскрипция: [ stoʊnwɔ:l, AM -wɔ:l ]
( stonewalls, stonewalling, stonewalled)
If you say that someone stonewalls , you disapprove of them because they delay giving a clear answer or making a clear decision, often because there is something that they want to hide or avoid doing.
The administration is just stonewalling in an attempt to hide their political embarrassment...
VERB : V [ disapproval ]
• stone‧wall‧ing
After 18 days of stonewalling, he at last came out and faced the issue.
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