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dilly-dallying

noun as in dalliance

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On August 28th, Donald Trump had had enough of his House Republicans dilly-dallying around.

From Salon

I think there must be people at Apple who want this, too, so I’m now respectfully requesting that the company stop dilly-dallying and make it happen.

It provided no timeframe for the exits but Fraser, who grew up in Scotland, told analysts there would be "no dilly-dallying" on executing the changes.

From Reuters

Anthony Costello, professor of global health at University College London, said “dilly-dallying” in March about whether to lock down the U.K. cost thousands of lives.

Idiomatic words and expressions are highlighted and examined throughout: “stud muffin,” “baseball dad” and “dilly-dallying.”

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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