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42 entries under expression topic. ×
| hem and haw(verb, idiom, change, delay) | |
| waste time(verb, delay, idle, wait) | |
| call in question(idiom, dispute, challenge, doubt) | |
| give no credence(idiom, dispute, challenge, doubt) | |
| harbor suspicion(verb, dispute, challenge, doubt) | |
| have qualms(verb, dispute, challenge, doubt) | |
| hum and haw(verb, idiom) | |
| not buy(verb, dispute, challenge, doubt) | |
| read differently(verb, dispute, challenge, doubt) | |
| smell a rat(idiom, dispute, challenge, doubt) | |
| take dim view of(idiom, dispute, challenge, doubt) | |
| think twice(verb, hesitate, falter, waver) | |
| wonder at(verb, dispute, challenge, doubt) | |
| back and fill | |
| beat around the bush(verb, idiom, avoid, dodge) | |
| blow hot and cold(verb, idiom, change, alter) | |
| change mind(verb, change, hesitate, waver) | |
| give the run around(verb, idiom, cool, delay) | |
| hang fire(cool, delay, hesitate, dawdle) | |
| hemming and hawing(noun, idiom, delay, weakness) |
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