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Dilly-dally

//ˈdɪliˌdæli// verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To dawdle; to waste time; to procrastinate. intransitive

    "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."

  2. 2
    postpone doing what one should be doing wordnet

Etymology

Reduplication of dally.

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