Meaning

1 senses

  1. (idiomatic, informal)To hesitate, vacillate or procrastinate.

Forms

stands shilly-shally, standing shilly-shally, stood shilly-shally, stood shilly-shally
Base formstand shilly-shally · to stand shilly-shally
3rd person singularstands shilly-shally
Present participlestanding shilly-shally
Past simplestood shilly-shally
Past participlestood shilly-shally

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theystand shilly-shally
he, she, itstands shilly-shally

Past simpleLesson

all personsstood shilly-shally

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave stood shilly-shally
he, she, ithas stood shilly-shally

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill stand shilly-shally

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
stancestandA2standardB2standardization
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