dilly-dally
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dilly-dally
- /ˈdɪliˌdæli/
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Reduplication of dally.
verb dilly-dallies · dilly-dallying · dilly-dallied · dilly dally · dillydally
- To dawdle; to waste time; to procrastinate. It is something to have been an old soldier, but more still to have been a doctor. There is no time to dilly-dally in our work.
