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dallydal‧ly /ˈdæli/ verb (past tense and past participle dallied, present participle dallying) [intransitive]  dallyOrigin: 1300-1400 Anglo-French dalier VERB TABLEdally |
Present | I, you, we, they | dally | | he, she, it | dallies | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | dallied | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have dallied | | he, she, it | has dallied | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had dallied | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will dally | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have dallied |
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Present | I | am dallying | | he, she, it | is dallying | | you, we, they | are dallying | Past | I, he, she, it | was dallying | | you, we, they | were dallying | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been dallying | | he, she, it | has been dallying | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been dallying | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be dallying | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been dallying |
- Marshall complained that lawmakers dallied too long on major legislation.
1to take too long to do something, especially to make a decision: After months of dallying, the government has finally agreed to allow the plan to go ahead.2to spend some time in a place, on your way to somewhere else: He dallied in the Lake District for a while, then crossed to Belgium.dally with somebody/something phrasal verb1to do something or think about something, but not in a very serious way: They’ve dallied with the idea of touring round the world.2 old-fashioned to have a romantic relationship with someone, but not in a serious way |