dilly-dally in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for dilly-dally in the English»French Dictionary

dilly-dally [Brit ˈdɪlɪdali, Am ˈdɪliˌdæli] VB intr inf

1. dilly-dally (dawdle):

dilly-dally

lambiner inf

2. dilly-dally (be indecisive):

dilly-dally

tergiverser

dilly-dally in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for dilly-dally in the English»French Dictionary

dilly-dally VB intr

1. dilly-dally inf (dawdle):

dilly-dally

lambiner

2. dilly-dally inf (vacillate):

dilly-dally

hésiter

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

Once you get into your car, do not dilly-dally.

motioncars.inquirer.net

If you dilly-dally at all, it's game over, and everything explodes.

www.kotaku.com.au

Call it what he wants, couch it how he wants, avoid it and dance around it, dilly-dally and procrastinate, this one is not going away.

www.news24.com

It's like, don't dilly-dally, let's do this and get it done.

www.rollingstone.com

Neat, orderly and efficient perfectionists don't tend to dilly-dally.

www.macleans.ca

We don't have time to dilly-dally.

www.newsoptimist.ca

In addition, the ropes that anchor the numerous makeshift tents, plus the dilly-dally handcart operators, could make a good setting for a horror movie.

jamaica-gleaner.com

When expert advice is free, there's no excuse to dilly-dally.

www.odt.co.nz

There shall be no grace period for any leader or political coalition to dilly-dally on this.

www.freemalaysiatoday.com

If we continue to dilly-dally, then we will only fall further behind, missing out on investment, missing out on growth and depending on another debt exchange years from now.

www.jamaicaobserver.com