dilly-dallyverb [ I ]
uk/ˈdɪl.iˌdæl.i/us/ˈdɪl.iˌdæl.i/old-fashioned informalto waste time, especially by being slow, or by not being able to make a decision:
Don't dilly-dally - just get your bags and let's go!
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Hesitating
- dither
- falter
- foot
- halting
- hang
- hang back
- have a foot in both camps idiom
- haw
- hem
- hem and haw idiom
- hesitant
- hesitate
- hesitation
- hum
- hum and haw idiom
- pussyfoot
- shilly-shally
- sit
- sit on the fence idiom
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Delaying and wasting time