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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
dilly-dally .
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Examples
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In the week we dilly-dallied, the food was melting in the fridge -- and my wife was on the way.
Rob Densen: The Last Refrigerator Rob Densen 2011
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In your search for the Maps needed to help you along in the game, if you dilly-dallied too much, NPCs could actually beat you to them.
Not Now, Honey, I'm Exploring SVGL 2009
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In the week we dilly-dallied, the food was melting in the fridge -- and my wife was on the way.
Rob Densen: The Last Refrigerator Rob Densen 2011
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Before saving the Union, he dilly-dallied for weeks.
Lincoln and the Hazards of Transition Richard J. Tofel 2011
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During his address, the President read out the latest article written by Fidel Castro and dilly-dallied over using a phrase to describe Bermudez and Colombian President Alvaro Uribe but in the end he decided to call them "losers."
Venezuela's Chavez wants to see a united PSUV coming out of weekend congress 2009
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He had liked her and his only concern was if a high-society woman like her would be able to adjust in a sleepy town like Dhanbad even when he dilly-dallied pronouncing his decision.
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I had already checked in online- but one of the problems with checking in online, is that it induces a sense of complacency- I found myself dashing to get to the airport on time, having dilly-dallied on a number of issues.
A snatched chance to blog, terror and current reading uknaija 2006
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I had already checked in online- but one of the problems with checking in online, is that it induces a sense of complacency- I found myself dashing to get to the airport on time, having dilly-dallied on a number of issues.
Archive 2006-08-01 uknaija 2006
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As usual, I've dilly-dallied on reading the latest New Yorker until it only has a few more days on the newsstands, but for any fellow Adam Gopnik fans, the July 4 issue is indispensable as usual, they don't put Gopnik's piece online—they know how to sell a magazine.
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And your dad will be angry because you dilly-dallied so long.
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