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dilly-dally

/ ˌdɪlɪˈdælɪ /

verb

C17: by reduplication from dally

Why dilly-dally with teenage angst when you can bring on the Giant Robots, that was my motto.

"I wouldn't dilly-dally long if I were you," said Harkless, and his advice seemed good to the shell-men.

There will be some real shooting here if you dilly-dally any longer.

Some foolish fish always dilly-dally up-stream till the ice shuts them in.

Uncle says he's going express hereafter; he says no more dilly-dally voyages for him.

He says it was one o' them plans as dilly-dally is death on.

April 20, 2024flabbergast

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