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dilly-dally
dil·ly-dal·ly D0225700 (dĭl′ē-dăl′ē)intr.v. dil·ly-dal·lied, dil·ly-dal·lying, dil·ly-dal·lies To waste time, especially in indecision; dawdle or vacillate.
[Reduplication of dally.]
dil′ly-dal′li·er n.dilly-dally (ˌdɪlɪˈdælɪ) vb, -lies, -lying or -lied (intr) informal to loiter or vacillate[C17: by reduplication from dally]dilly-dally
Past participle: dilly-dallied
Gerund: dilly-dallying
| Imperative |
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| dilly-dally | | dilly-dally |
| Present |
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| I dilly-dally | | you dilly-dally | | he/she/it dilly-dallies | | we dilly-dally | | you dilly-dally | | they dilly-dally |
| Preterite |
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| I dilly-dallied | | you dilly-dallied | | he/she/it dilly-dallied | | we dilly-dallied | | you dilly-dallied | | they dilly-dallied |
| Present Continuous |
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| I am dilly-dallying | | you are dilly-dallying | | he/she/it is dilly-dallying | | we are dilly-dallying | | you are dilly-dallying | | they are dilly-dallying |
| Present Perfect |
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| I have dilly-dallied | | you have dilly-dallied | | he/she/it has dilly-dallied | | we have dilly-dallied | | you have dilly-dallied | | they have dilly-dallied |
| Past Continuous |
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| I was dilly-dallying | | you were dilly-dallying | | he/she/it was dilly-dallying | | we were dilly-dallying | | you were dilly-dallying | | they were dilly-dallying |
| Past Perfect |
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| I had dilly-dallied | | you had dilly-dallied | | he/she/it had dilly-dallied | | we had dilly-dallied | | you had dilly-dallied | | they had dilly-dallied |
| Future |
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| I will dilly-dally | | you will dilly-dally | | he/she/it will dilly-dally | | we will dilly-dally | | you will dilly-dally | | they will dilly-dally |
| Future Perfect |
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| I will have dilly-dallied | | you will have dilly-dallied | | he/she/it will have dilly-dallied | | we will have dilly-dallied | | you will have dilly-dallied | | they will have dilly-dallied |
| Future Continuous |
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| I will be dilly-dallying | | you will be dilly-dallying | | he/she/it will be dilly-dallying | | we will be dilly-dallying | | you will be dilly-dallying | | they will be dilly-dallying |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
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| I have been dilly-dallying | | you have been dilly-dallying | | he/she/it has been dilly-dallying | | we have been dilly-dallying | | you have been dilly-dallying | | they have been dilly-dallying |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
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| I will have been dilly-dallying | | you will have been dilly-dallying | | he/she/it will have been dilly-dallying | | we will have been dilly-dallying | | you will have been dilly-dallying | | they will have been dilly-dallying |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
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| I had been dilly-dallying | | you had been dilly-dallying | | he/she/it had been dilly-dallying | | we had been dilly-dallying | | you had been dilly-dallying | | they had been dilly-dallying |
| Conditional |
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| I would dilly-dally | | you would dilly-dally | | he/she/it would dilly-dally | | we would dilly-dally | | you would dilly-dally | | they would dilly-dally |
| Past Conditional |
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| I would have dilly-dallied | | you would have dilly-dallied | | he/she/it would have dilly-dallied | | we would have dilly-dallied | | you would have dilly-dallied | | they would have dilly-dallied |
Thesaurus| Verb | 1. | dilly-dally - postpone doing what one should be doing; "He did not want to write the letter and procrastinated for days"dillydally, drag one's feet, drag one's heels, procrastinate, stall, shillyshallydelay - act later than planned, scheduled, or required; "Don't delay your application to graduate school or else it won't be considered"procrastinate - postpone or delay needlessly; "He procrastinated the matter until it was almost too late" |
dilly-dallyverbTo go or move slowly so that progress is hindered:dally, dawdle, delay, drag, lag, linger, loiter, poke, procrastinate, tarry, trail.Idioms: drag one's feet, mark time, take one's time.Translationsdilly-dally (diliˈdӕli) verb to waste time especially by stopping often. She's always dilly-dallying on the way to school. 磨蹭 磨蹭dilly-dally
Synonyms for dilly-dallyverb to go or move slowly so that progress is hinderedSynonyms- dally
- dawdle
- delay
- drag
- lag
- linger
- loiter
- poke
- procrastinate
- tarry
- trail
Synonyms for dilly-dallyverb postpone doing what one should be doingSynonyms- dillydally
- drag one's feet
- drag one's heels
- procrastinate
- stall
- shillyshally
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