(British, idiomatic) To procrastinate; to take a long time before doing something or taking a decision.
(British, idiomatic) To procrastinate; to take a long time before doing something or taking a decision.
We hummed and hawed before finally deciding to buy this house.
“How you can tell John Darnielle is a goth: if you ask him directly if he is/was a goth, he'll hum and haw and quibble about definitions, but if you ask him what color lipstick he looks good in, he has an answer immediately.”
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UK and Irish slang — Cockney, Scouse, Geordie, Yorkshire, Glaswegian, Brummie, Welsh, West Country, plus Irish English. Centuries of regional dialects feeding into modern British and Irish street talk.
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To mumble and procrastinate in one's speech, especially with a reply to a hard question or with voicing a decision on a topical matter; to evade a question, giving vague answers; to equivocate or temporize.
(idiomatic, US) To discuss, deliberate, or contemplate rather than taking action or making up one's mind.
(slang, US, southeast) get along.
(dated, US, Canada) Used to express boredom, uninterest or lack of novelty.
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(UK, colloquial, intransitive) To be idle; to waste time; to socialize.