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dillydally
[ dil-ee-dal-ee, -dal- ]
verb (used without object)
dillydallied, dillydallying.
- to waste time, especially by indecision; vacillate; trifle; loiter.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of dillydally1
First recorded in 1735–45; gradational reduplication of dally
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All three airlines I contacted delayed, obfuscated or otherwise dillydallied before getting me answers, but let’s start with your travel agent, American Express.
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Put one in airplanes to get dillydallying passengers into their seats.
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Now, a new session of Parliament is set to open on Monday — more than two months after the election, a period opposition parties have complained has been unnecessary dillydallying.
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“The machinations of the U.S. Supreme Court should not be a reason for dillydallying” by any nations that have signed the U.N.
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“Unfortunately,” she said of the Biden administration, “they dillydallied so long.”
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