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hems and haws
vb. (en-third-person singularhem and haw)
Usage examples of "hems and haws".
She had a precise way of expressing things, without hems and haws or stumbles or regretted misstatements, just as Cirl did.
I suggest you endear yourself to me immediately by explaining what these hems and haws signify!
Tuesday, as he hems and haws quite a bit before he tells me the nature of the employment he has in mind for me.
There were some electronic hems and haws, and then a voice picked up.