shillyshally (n.)

  1. the act of procrastinating; putting off or delaying or defering an action to a later time

    [ Syn: procrastination , cunctation ]

    shillyshally (v.)

  1. be uncertain and vague

  2. postpone doing what one should be doing; He did not want to write the letter and procrastinated for days

    [ Syn: procrastinate , stall , drag ones feet , drag ones heels , dilly-dally , dillydally ]

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