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shilly-shallied

vb. (en-pastshilly-shally)

Usage examples of "shilly-shallied".

Colin Mackenzie, who was through it all, said it was pathetic to see how old Elphy shilly-shallied and changed his mind, and McNaghten still refused to believe that disaster was approaching.

I dilly-dallied and I dithered and shilly-shallied and all those words.

At least you're not one of those presidents we had back up-time who shilly-shallied and danced around every time the shit hit the fan.