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dilly-dally

/ ˌɪɪˈæɪ /

verb

  1. informal.
    intr to loiter or vacillate
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of dilly-dally1

C17: by reduplication from dally
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On weekends, I tend not to dilly-dally in the kitchen.

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“The housing situation is so desperate we don’t want any dilly-dallying,” Myers said.

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On August 28th, Donald Trump had had enough of his House Republicans dilly-dallying around.

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I think there must be people at Apple who want this, too, so I’m now respectfully requesting that the company stop dilly-dallying and make it happen.

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It provided no timeframe for the exits but Fraser, who grew up in Scotland, told analysts there would be "no dilly-dallying" on executing the changes.

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