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shilly-shally

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
shilly-shally/ˈʃɪliʃali/

▶verb (shilly-shallies, shilly-shallying, shilly-shallied) be indecisive. ▶noun indecisive behaviour.

– derivatives
shilly-shallyer (also shilly-shallier) noun.

– origin C18: orig. as shill I, shall I, reduplication of shall I?

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