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shilly-shally

verb as in halt

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Example Sentences

Strange that people will have so much faith in shilly-shally!

"I have little experience of shilly-shally methods," replied his visitor.

I hear the shilly-shally policy of the English Government bitterly condemned.

I had rather be sent home to fight manfully, or to make peace politically, than to be in this miserable shilly-shally way here.

What keeps the simple man dallying shilly-shally at the fence, as if he actually wanted them to take him?

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On this page you'll find 37 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to shilly-shally, such as: be irresolute, blow hot and cold, dally, dawdle, dodge, and fluctuate.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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