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dilly-dally

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
dilly-dally/ˈdɪlidali/

▶verb (dilly-dallies, dilly-dallying, dilly-dallied) informal dawdle or vacillate.

– origin C17: reduplication of dally.

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