dilly-dally

Verb

Synonyms: procrastinate stall drag one's feet drag one's heels shillyshally dillydally

WordNet 3.0

Verb (1)

postpone doing what one should be doing“He did not want to write the letter and procrastinated for days”Synonyms: procrastinate stall drag one's feet drag one's heels shillyshally dillydally

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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

dilly-dally \dil"ly-dal`ly\, v. i. [See Dally.] To loiter or trifle; to waste time. [1913 Webster]

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