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Fail to act resolutely or decisively

To move or act at a slow speed

To express one's opinions in terms which admit of different senses, with intent to deceive

Hesitate or be reluctant to do something that one thinks may be wrong

To have doubts or suspicions about

Take turns, change back and forth

The quality or state of being uncertain or hesitant

Irresolute and hesitant

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Verb

Fail to act resolutely or decisively

blow hot and cold

sit on the fence

pussyfoot around

run hot and cold

be in two minds

be unable to make up your mind

drag your heels

chop and change

be unable to decide

keep changing your mind

play a waiting game

go from one extreme to the other

be on the fence

will and will not

be on the horns of a dilemma

stay in the background

be reluctant to come forward

let the grass grow under one's feet

while away time

kick the can down the road

put off doing something

use delaying tactics

postpone action

let something slide

take a raincheck

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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

To move or act at a slow speed

take one's time

get no place fast

while away time

fritter away time

take one's own sweet time

while away the time

put off doing something

use delaying tactics

let the grass grow under one's feet

play a waiting game

play games with

go at a snail's pace

appear to pass slowly

scuff one's feet

fritter time away

scrounge around

sit on one's butt

bring up the rear

idle away the hours

sit on one's hands

kick your heels

not lift a finger

while away hours

shirk one's duties

take things easy

lay on one's oars

bat back and forth

sit back and do nothing

rest on your oars

do nothing in particular

take a breather

put your feet up

while away the hours

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Verb

To express one's opinions in terms which admit of different senses, with intent to deceive

be non-committal

dodge the issue

evade the issue

parry questions

fudge the issue

pussyfoot around

beat about the bush

straddle the fence

avoid the issue

beat around the bush

beg the question

cloud the issue

duck the question

give run around

sit on the fence

blow hot and cold

sidestep the issue

be noncommittal

shift ground about

skirt the issue

give the run around

hedge your bets

play it close to the vest

dodge the question

straddle an issue

play your cards close to your chest

give nothing away

stretch the truth

give a false colour to

fudge and mudge

not give a straight answer to

beat around bush

find a way round

be equivocal about

beat about the bush about

be evasive about

avoid answering

give the runaround

dance around an issue

worm one's way out of

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Verb

Doubt oneself

Verb

Hesitate or be reluctant to do something that one thinks may be wrong

have misgivings about

have reservations about

have scruples about

think twice about

mind doing something

vacillate about

have qualms about

drag one's feet over

drag one's heels over

be reluctant about

feel uneasy about

be ambivalent about

blow hot and cold

be in a dilemma

be diffident about

be on the horns of a dilemma

have second thoughts

be in two minds

be in a quandary

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Verb

To have doubts or suspicions about

be undetermined

harbor suspicion

read differently

be apprehensive of

call in question

give no credence

be in a quandary

take dim view of

be suspicious of

have misgivings about

have doubts about

have reservations about

feel uneasy about

harbour suspicions about

have suspicions about

call into question

be unsure about

regard with suspicion

be sceptical of

have qualms about

be unconvinced about

have no confidence in

have no faith in

lack confidence in

harbour reservations about

feel apprehensive about

have reservations

be skeptical of

be sceptical about

feel chary about

be mistrustful of

smell a rat about

have a funny feeling about

be distrustful of

be uneasy about

entertain doubts about

cast doubt upon

raise doubts about

have hesitations about

cast aspersions on

raise objections to

express reservations about

express suspicions about

look askance at

take with a grain of salt

take with a pinch of salt

be incredulous of

lack conviction

sit on the fence

think something unlikely

be in two minds

blow hot and cold

chop and change

keep changing your mind

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Verb

Take turns, change back and forth

Noun

The quality or state of being uncertain or hesitant

shilly-shallying

procrastination

hemming and hawing

humming and hawing

blowing hot and cold

second thoughts

lack of resolution

shillyshallying

sitting on the fence

inconclusiveness

faint-heartedness

half-heartedness

mistrustfulness

distrustfulness

lack of confidence

reconsideration

apprehensiveness

lack of certainty

delaying tactics

lack of conviction

kicking the can down the road

lack of enthusiasm

dragging your feet

twinge of conscience

pang of conscience

sneaking suspicion

punctiliousness

confusion dilemma

guilty conscience

feelings of guilt

twinges of conscience

pangs of conscience

stab of conscience

stalling for time

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Adjective

Irresolute and hesitant

lacking confidence

shilly-shallying

blowing hot and cold

sitting on the fence

on the horns of a dilemma

hemming and hawing

having misgivings

humming and hawing

betwixt and between

running hot and cold

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“Her lobster is warm, which is reason enough not to shilly-shally with it, and my crustaceans are chilled, which I too do not want to compromise.”

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