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shillyshally

DEFINITIONS OF: shillyshally

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v postpone doing what one should be doing

Synonyms:
dilly-dally, dillydally, drag one's feet, drag one's heels, procrastinate, stall
Types:
procrastinate
postpone or delay needlessly
Type of:
delay
act later than planned, scheduled, or required

v be uncertain and vague

Type of:
hover, oscillate, vacillate, vibrate
be undecided about something; waver between conflicting positions or courses of action

n the act of procrastinating; putting off or delaying or defering an action to a later time

Synonyms:
cunctation, procrastination
Type of:
delay, holdup
the act of delaying; inactivity resulting in something being put off until a later time
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