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Past tense for to fail to act resolutely or decisively

Past tense for to move or act at a slow speed

Past tense for to feel uncertain about something

Past tense for to speak ambiguously, unclearly or doubtfully, especially with intent to deceive

Past tense for to hesitate or be evasive when confronted with a problem

Past tense for to walk while shuffling or dragging the feet

Past tense for to have doubts or suspicions about

Past tense for to waste time by doing nothing in particular

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Past tense for to fail to act resolutely or decisively

hummed and hawed

blew hot and cold

blown hot and cold

hemmed and hawed

sat on the fence

pussyfooted around

chopped and changed

run hot and cold

acted in sequence

occurred in turn

kept changing your mind

occurred in rotation

dragged your heels

followed one another

followed in turn

worked in sequence

gotten cold feet

ran hot and cold

fence-straddled

whiled away time

taken in rotation

taken it in turns

took it in turns

whiffled waffled

acted reciprocally

stayed in the background

went from one extreme to the other

played a waiting game

dragged your feet

took in rotation

gone from one extreme to the other

gone up and down

went up and down

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“You know, you can shilly-shally around, but if you want your players to win then you have to give them everything you can.”

Verb

Past tense for to move or act at a slow speed

dragged your feet

put off doing something

get no place fast

took one's time

taken one's time

taken your time

got no place fast

hummed and hawed

played for time

let something slide

used delaying tactics

played a waiting game

pottered around

whiled away time

sat on one's butt

advanced slowly

postponed action

deferred action

brought up the rear

suspended action

appeared to pass slowly

frittered time away

dragged your heels

kicked the can down the road

scrounged around

took a raincheck

taken a raincheck

went on too long

gone on too long

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Past tense for to feel uncertain about something

Verb

Past tense for to speak ambiguously, unclearly or doubtfully, especially with intent to deceive

dodged the issue

parried questions

beat about the bush

beaten about the bush

evaded the issue

hummed and hawed

fudged the issue

hemmed and hawed

sat on the fence

ducked the question

ducked the issue

pussyfooted around

beaten around the bush

avoided the issue

begged the question

blew hot and cold

blown hot and cold

stalled for time

straddled the fence

passed the buck

clouded the issue

gave run around

given run around

sidestepped the issue

shifted ground about

skirted the issue

played your cards close to your chest

shuffled around

hedged your bets

straddled an issue

played it close to the vest

dodged the question

gave the run around

given the run around

gave nothing away

given nothing away

danced around an issue

wormed one's way out of

given the runaround

gave the runaround

found a way round

avoided answering

beat around bush

beat about the bush about

beaten about the bush about

beaten around bush

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Verb

Past tense for to hesitate or be evasive when confronted with a problem

Verb

Past tense for to walk while shuffling or dragging the feet

dragged your feet

Verb

Past tense for to have doubts or suspicions about

Verb

Past tense for to waste time by doing nothing in particular

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