planting one (verb) wallop: beat, hit
Sinonime: avoid, be noncommittal, beat around the bush,
creep,
dodge, duck the issues, equivocate, evade,
glide, hedge, hem and haw,
lurk, play it close to the vest, prevaricate, prowl, shuffle, sidestep, sit on the fence, skirt, skulk,
slide, slink,
slip,
sneak,
steal, tergiversate, tergiverse, tiptoe, tread warily, watch one's step, weasel
Antonime: plod