shilly shally
[adjective]
Synonyms: vacillating, faltering, halting, hesitating, shilly-shallying, vacillatory, wavering, whiffling, wiggle-waggle, wobbly
[noun]
Synonyms: hesitation, hesitancy, indecision, indecisiveness, irresolution, to-and-fro, vacillation, wavering
[verb]
Synonyms: hesitate, dither, falter, halt, stagger, vacillate, waver, whiffle, wiggle-waggle

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shil‧ly-shal‧ly /ˈʃɪli ˌʃæli/ verb (past tense and past participle shilly-shallied, present participle shilly-shallying, third person singular shilly-shallies) [intransitive] informal
[Date: 1700-1800; Origin: shall I?; probably influenced by dilly-dally]
to waste time or take too long to make a decision Synonym : dither

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