dally
verb (used without object)
to waste time; loiter; delay.
Used to describe a continuous action that will progress up until a designated point of completion in the future.
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Come," she cried, rising, "come, for we will have been dallying too long, and I did give my word to Scaurdale.
From The McBrides A Romance of Arran by John Sillars
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