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dilly-dally

VERB
waste time
Synonyms
STRONG
dawdle delay hesitate linger loiter meander mosey procrastinate vacillate
WEAK
hem and haw move slowly
Antonyms
STRONG
advance go go ahead hasten hurry leave rush speed

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Dilly-dally Dilly, How can you be so slow?

From Prairie Farmer, Vol. 56: No. 12, March 22, 1884 A Weekly Journal for the Farm, Orchard and Fireside by Various

Dilly-dally Dilly, It's very wrong you know, To do no work That you can shirk, And dilly-dally so.

From Prairie Farmer, Vol. 56: No. 12, March 22, 1884 A Weekly Journal for the Farm, Orchard and Fireside by Various

Dilly-dally Dilly Is always in a huff; If you hurry her Or worry her She says, "There's time enough."

From Prairie Farmer, Vol. 56: No. 12, March 22, 1884 A Weekly Journal for the Farm, Orchard and Fireside by Various

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