'V around n' - Construction 2

Name: the skate around construction
Description: A person avoids talking about a topic. The NP following 'around' indicates the topic.
Verbs: skate, skirt
Example: …the Treaty of Rome had skirted around the question of political cooperation. (BNC)
Membership: figurative position; person; action
Semantic fields and roles: Field: Communication. Roles: NP1: Sayer; NP2: Topic
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