dillydally
verb (used without object)
to waste time, especially by indecision; vacillate; trifle; loiter.
has dillydallied
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present perfectof dillydally (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Meanwhile, Major League Baseball has dillydallied over hiring female umpires for years, but has still never lifted a female ump above the Double-A level.
From Slate ● Aug. 4, 2014
Yet for nearly a year the Senate has dillydallied over the confirmation of Thurgood Marshall as a judge on the Second Circuit of the U.S.
From Time Magazine Archive
