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What is another word for blowing hot and cold?

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Present participle for to vacillate or to waver, as between extremes of opinion or emotion

Present participle for to move up and down

Present participle for to act or answer in an equivocal or non-committal way

Present participle for to be reluctant to do something

Unsteady and prone to unexpected changes

Not having reached a decision

The action of hesitating or being reluctant over something

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Verb

Present participle for to vacillate or to waver, as between extremes of opinion or emotion

shilly-shallying

humming and hawing

chopping and changing

running hot and cold

sitting on the fence

pussyfooting around

hemming and hawing

procrastinating

keeping changing your mind

getting cold feet

fence-straddling

going from one extreme to the other

umming and ahing

whiffling waffling

dragging your heels

whiling away time

playing a waiting game

holding with the hare and running with the hounds

lacking conviction

harbouring reservations about

wondering about

expressing suspicions about

having doubts about

feeling uneasy about

having reservations about

harbouring suspicions about

having suspicions about

having hesitations about

thinking something unlikely

entertaining doubts about

expressing reservations about

feeling uncertain

taking one's time

dragging your feet

taking too long

taking your time

sitting on fence

pottering around

getting no place fast

pottering about

playing for time

pottering round

using delaying tactics

frittering away

putting off doing something

hesitating over

taking one's own sweet time

dragging behind

bringing up the rear

dropping behind

trailing behind

taking a raincheck

suspending action

postponing action

deferring action

letting something slide

kicking the can down the road

diddling around

lounging around

puttering around

fiddling around

taking a stroll

strolling along

monkeying around

shlepping along

sitting on one's butt

diddle-daddling

scrounging around

frittering time away

warming a chair

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“This is one of many issues on which teacher unions blow hot and cold.”

Verb

Present participle for to move up and down

going from one extreme to the other

shilly-shallying

coming and going

following in turn

hemming and hawing

acting reciprocally

working in sequence

taking it in turns

taking in rotation

occurring in rotation

following one another

chopping and changing

acting in sequence

occurring in turn

giving turns to

going up and down

humming and hawing

ebbing and flowing

rising and falling

going back and forth

teeter-tottering

switching around

moving back and forth

moving to and fro

moving backward and forward

passing from one to another in rotation

following in sequence

changing places

using in place of

using in preference to

using as an alternative to

switching places

using as a replacement

switching spots

using instead of

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Verb

Present participle for to act or answer in an equivocal or non-committal way

shilly-shallying

dodging the issue

evading the issue

fudging the issue

parrying questions

shuffling about

avoiding the issue

sidestepping the issue

skirting the issue

ducking the issue

ducking the question

hemming and hawing

humming and hawing

beating about the bush

sitting on the fence

beating around the bush

playing it close to the vest

pussyfooting around

passing the buck

straddling the fence

mincing matters

stalling for time

begging the question

telling white lie

clouding the issue

giving run around

hedging your bets

giving the run around

shuffling around

giving the runaround

dancing around an issue

worming one's way out of

finding a way round

misrepresenting

shifting ground about

beating about the bush about

beating around bush

quibbling about

avoiding answering

straddling an issue

dodging the question

giving nothing away

playing your cards close to your chest

giving the slip

skipping out on

steering clear of

giving a wide berth to

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Verb

Present participle for to be reluctant to do something

feeling uneasy about

hanging back from

having misgivings about

having qualms about

thinking twice about

having second thoughts

Adjective

Unsteady and prone to unexpected changes

full of ups and downs

vicissitudinous

constantly changing

rapidly changing

all over the place

catch-as-catch-can

all over the map

always changing

on-again-off-again

rapidly evolving

subject to change

likely to change

in a state of change

without purpose

disorganized^US

on again and off again

in fits and starts

disorganised^UK

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Adjective

Not having reached a decision

sitting on the fence

shilly-shallying

on the horns of a dilemma

running hot and cold

hemming and hawing

betwixt and between

humming and hawing

unable to decide

like doubting Thomas

hedging your bets

having misgivings

shillyshallying

having opposing views

having clashing views

having conflicting views

having contradictory views

been hit before

having reservations

not born yesterday

yet to be decided

middle of the road

lacking confidence

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Noun

The action of hesitating or being reluctant over something

humming and hawing

lack of enthusiasm

second thoughts

hemming and hawing

shilly-shallying

shillyshallying

sitting on the fence

lack of resolution

procrastination

half-heartedness

mistrustfulness

distrustfulness

lack of confidence

lack of conviction

lack of certainty

inconclusiveness

questionableness

questionability

apprehensiveness

feeble-mindedness

reconsideration

confusion dilemma

dragging your feet

kicking the can down the road

delaying tactics

stalling for time

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