spare someone the details
prudence
discreetness
discretion
circumspection
emperor's new clothes
style it out
guard one's tongue
play off
draw a veil over
befog
breast one's cards
beat around the bush
oversimplify
handwave
mince words
shy
betray
ditsy
let go
conspiracy of silence
snap
dumb down
stylized
dirty laundry
I don't want to talk about it
drop a bombshell
forenotice
speak too soon
raise an eyebrow
telltale
omissive
argue round and round
save the drama for your mama
missout
tacenda
spoiler
speak volumes
keep shtum
downplay
self-proclaimed
keep
ob-
really
hit with
telling
kick up dust
revealing
window dressing
dampener
bewray
go there
facade
bandy around
dirty linen
kibitz
pry
interpose
tergiversate
palter
I've got news for you
put one's cards on the table
kibbitz
prise
prevaricate
buck-and-wing
dead giveaway
equivocate
exclusionary
it figures
unapologetically
leave out
debunk
eclipsis
calumniate
ellipsis
expose
evasive
put up or shut up
illuminate
shed light on
cry blue murder
crystallise
short-circuit
unbosom
clear
elucidate
crystalise
relieve
give away
enlighten
crystallize
go around
clear up
crystalize
bypass
get around

English words for 'to not give details about something mentioned, usually to avoid embarrassment or irrelevance'

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