dillydally

Verb

Synonyms: procrastinate stall drag one's feet drag one's heels shillyshally dilly-dally

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 dilly-dally

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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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