dilly-dally

• Better at time management because I don't have time to dilly-dally like I used to —  BlueOregon
• Well, Charlize is a woman with her head firmly secured on her shoulders, so her decisions have to be perfectly planned, and not one of those dilly-dally ideas. —  Celeb Guru
• I'll continue to reduce my greenhouse gas emissions, while the scientists trudge on in their becoming evermore confident of my role in the harms, while the policy-makers dilly-dally, while denialists deny; and I'll let the Australian criminal justice system take care of the arsonists, and let people in fire-prone areas figure out safer places to build or rent homes. —  RealClimate
• I can never get that bracelet again (I still dream of it), but I won't dilly-dally this time. —  GIGI GOES GAGA
• He's a careful man, with a penchant for over-planning (the shop owner jokes about how many times Mills has been in his shop to look over the machine), but he doesn't dilly-dally, isn't afraid to make decisions. —  PopMatters

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