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Definition of dilly-dally verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

dilly-dally

verb

NAmE//ˈdɪli ˌdæli//

[intransitive] (old-fashioned) (informal)Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they dilly-dally

he / she / it dilly-dallies

past simple dilly-dallied

-ing form dilly-dallying

to take too long to do something, go somewhere, or make a decision synonym dawdle Don't dilly-dally on the way home from school.

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