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dilly-dally
/ ˌɪɪˈæɪ /
verb
- informal.intr to loiter or vacillate
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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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