"shilly-shally" meaning in Anglais

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Verb

Forms: to shilly-shally [infinitive], shilly-shallies [present, third-person, singular], shilly-shallied [preterite], shilly-shallied [participle, past], shilly-shallying [participle, present]
  1. Hésiter. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: fr-shilly-shally-en-verb-IDlVxjJW Categories (other): Verbes intransitifs en anglais
  2. Tergiverser. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: fr-shilly-shally-en-verb-Uvx-PxbO Categories (other): Verbes intransitifs en anglais
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: procrastinate, vacillate

Inflected forms

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    "Réduplication assonante de shall I? (« je dois ? »)."
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