"dilly dally" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: dilly dallies [present, singular, third-person], dilly dallying [participle, present], dilly dallied [participle, past], dilly dallied [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} dilly dally (third-person singular simple present dilly dallies, present participle dilly dallying, simple past and past participle dilly dallied)
  1. Alternative spelling of dilly-dally Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: dilly-dally
    Sense id: en-dilly_dally-en-verb-E41vJy42 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry

Inflected forms

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