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dilly-dallyˌdilly-ˈdally verb (dilly-dallied, dilly-dallying) [intransitive] informal ETYMOLOGYdilly-dallyOrigin: 1700-1800 dally VERB TABLEdilly-dally |
Present | I, you, we, they | dilly-dally | | he, she, it | dilly-dallies | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | dilly-dallied | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have dilly-dallied | | he, she, it | has dilly-dallied | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had dilly-dallied | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will dilly-dally | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have dilly-dallied |
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Present | I | am dilly-dallying | | he, she, it | is dilly-dallying | | you, we, they | are dilly-dallying | Past | I, he, she, it | was dilly-dallying | | you, we, they | were dilly-dallying | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been dilly-dallying | | he, she, it | has been dilly-dallying | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been dilly-dallying | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be dilly-dallying | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been dilly-dallying |
to waste time or do something very slowly, especially because you cannot decide about something: Stop dilly-dallying and get dressed! |