dilly-dally
Drag your feet
To dilly-dally is to waste time through indecision or aimless delay: Stop dilly-dallying and make up your mind.
The word suggests trivial puttering rather than productive activity—someone who dilly-dallies can't commit to action or keeps finding small distractions.
It carries a mildly impatient, parental tone.
dawdle
Linger without purpose
stall · waste time · linger · tarry · loiter · drag feet · hesitate · defer · idle · laze
waver
Hesitate or fluctuate
hem and haw · waffle · equivocate · falter · fluctuate · oscillate · teeter · seesaw · fence-sit · uncertain
- idlingidle, idled, loaf, loafed, laze
- Reduplicativesbye-bye, mama, papa, haha, yo-yo
- stallingstall, stalling, delay, hesitate, procrastinate
- Whimsy Wordsgobbledygook, gibberish, mumbo jumbo, hogwash, balderdash
- indecisionindecision, indecisiveness, conflicted, hesitation, indecisive
- hanging outhang out, chill, lounge, kick back, socialize
dilly-dallytake action
Begin doing something
decide · commit · take the plunge · buckle down · knuckle down
dilly-dallyfocus
Concentrated attention point
get down to business · get cracking · get to work · get on with it · concentrate