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wishy-washy

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
wishy-washy/ˈwɪʃiwɒʃi/

▶adjective

1 (of drink or soup) weak or thin.

2 feeble or insipid.

– origin C18: reduplication of washy.

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Dilly-dally, wishy-washy [ reduplication ]
Don't sound wishy-washy in what you will accept as restitution.
wishy-washy
wishy-washy, hanky-panky, helter-skelter

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