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The action of the verb

The act or state of dilly-dallying

Undecided or unsure of how to act

Present participle for to fail to act resolutely or decisively

Present participle for to move or act at a slow speed

Present participle for to feel uncertain about something

Present participle for to speak ambiguously, unclearly or doubtfully, especially with intent to deceive

Present participle for to walk while shuffling or dragging the feet

Present participle for to take or perform in turns, changing back and forth or in succession

Present participle for to have doubts or suspicions about

Present participle for to waste time by doing nothing in particular

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Noun

The action of the verb

humming and hawing

blowing hot and cold

second thoughts

hemming and hawing

procrastination

shillyshallying

sitting on the fence

stalling for time

lack of resolution

lack of enthusiasm

sidestepping the issue

ducking the issue

dodging the issue

beating about the bush

half-heartedness

kicking the can down the road

delaying tactics

inconclusiveness

confusion dilemma

mistrustfulness

distrustfulness

lack of confidence

lack of conviction

reconsideration

lack of certainty

questionableness

questionability

apprehensiveness

feeble-mindedness

twinge of doubt

twinge of conscience

pang of conscience

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“Shilly-shallying can often be seen as a sign of indecisiveness and lack of commitment.”

Noun

The act or state of dilly-dallying

Adjective

Undecided or unsure of how to act

sitting on the fence

blowing hot and cold

hemming and hawing

on the horns of a dilemma

running hot and cold

humming and hawing

betwixt and between

having misgivings

unable to decide

like doubting Thomas

shillyshallying

hedging your bets

been hit before

having reservations

not born yesterday

having opposing views

having clashing views

having conflicting views

having contradictory views

yet to be decided

middle of the road

lacking confidence

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Verb

Present participle for to fail to act resolutely or decisively

procrastinating

humming and hawing

blowing hot and cold

hemming and hawing

sitting on the fence

umming and ahing

pussyfooting around

dragging your heels

getting cold feet

running hot and cold

thinking twice about

having qualms about

hanging back from

having scruples about

shying away from

keeping changing your mind

dragging your feet

having misgivings about

vacillating about

going from one extreme to the other

chopping and changing

playing a waiting game

staying in the background

whiffling waffling

fence-straddling

whiling away time

demurring about

having reservations about

minding doing something

using delaying tactics

taking a raincheck

putting off doing something

suspending action

postponing action

deferring action

playing for time

letting something slide

kicking the can down the road

scrupling about

sitting on fence

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“You know, you can shilly-shally around, but if you want your players to win then you have to give them everything you can.”

Verb

Present participle for to move or act at a slow speed

dragging your feet

procrastinating

taking your time

taking one's time

getting no place fast

dropping behind

pottering round

pottering about

trailing behind

pottering around

warming a chair

using delaying tactics

humming and hawing

putting off doing something

whiling away time

playing for time

playing a waiting game

sitting on one's butt

frittering away

diddle-daddling

scrounging around

shlepping along

frittering time away

dragging behind

bringing up the rear

advancing slowly

going on and on

becoming tedious

going on too long

appearing to pass slowly

schlepping along

dragging oneself

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Verb

Present participle for to feel uncertain about something

Verb

Present participle for to speak ambiguously, unclearly or doubtfully, especially with intent to deceive

dodging the issue

parrying questions

beating about the bush

evading the issue

humming and hawing

fudging the issue

hemming and hawing

sitting on the fence

ducking the question

shuffling about

ducking the issue

pussyfooting around

beating around the bush

avoiding the issue

begging the question

blowing hot and cold

stalling for time

straddling the fence

passing the buck

clouding the issue

giving run around

telling white lie

mincing matters

sidestepping the issue

misrepresenting

skirting the issue

playing it close to the vest

hedging your bets

giving the run around

shuffling around

shifting ground about

straddling an issue

dodging the question

playing your cards close to your chest

giving nothing away

giving the runaround

dancing around an issue

worming one's way out of

finding a way round

beating about the bush about

beating around bush

quibbling about

avoiding answering

giving the slip

skipping out on

steering clear of

giving a wide berth to

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Verb

Present participle for to walk while shuffling or dragging the feet

Verb

Present participle for to take or perform in turns, changing back and forth or in succession

acting in sequence

working in sequence

blowing hot and cold

taking it in turns

occurring in rotation

occurring in turn

acting reciprocally

taking in rotation

coming and going

following one another

giving turns to

chopping and changing

following in turn

hemming and hawing

going up and down

making adjustments to

flip-flopping on

changing gears on

following in sequence

passing from one to another in rotation

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Verb

Present participle for to have doubts or suspicions about

Verb

Present participle for to waste time by doing nothing in particular

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