hem and haw
US UK hum and hawto be uncertain and take a long time deciding something:
We hemmed and hawed for months before actually deciding to buy the house.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Hesitating
- dilly-dally
- dither
- falter
- foot
- halting
- hang
- hang back
- have a foot in both camps idiom
- haw
- hem
- hesitant
- hesitate
- hesitation
- hum
- hum and haw idiom
- pussyfoot
- shilly-shally
- sit
- sit on the fence idiom
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Doubt & ambivalence