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dally

verb

1 there's no time to dally on the way to work:

dawdle, delay, loiter, linger, waste time, kill time, take one's time, while away time;

lag, trail, straggle, fall behind;

amble, plod, trudge, meander, drift;

Scottish, & Irish traik;

informal dilly-dally;

archaic or literary tarry.

▷antonyms hurry.

2 he should stop dallying with film stars:

trifle, toy, play, amuse oneself, flirt, play fast and loose, tinker, philander, womanize, carry on;

informal play around, mess around.