OXFORD 9000
📚 verb • entry_id 25598

dilly-dally

/ˈdɪliˌdæli/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
pelotearse • procrastinar
To dawdle; to waste time; to procrastinate.
It is something to have been an old soldier, but more still to have been a doctor. There is no time to dilly-dally in our work.
“I wouldn't dilly-dally long if I were you,” said Harkless, and his advice seemed good to the shell-men.
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