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42 entries under expression topic. ×
| hold off(cool, delay, hesitate, dawdle) | |
| let slide(cool, delay, hesitate, dawdle) | |
| play a waiting game(idiom, cool, delay, hesitate) | |
| play for time(idiom, cool, delay, hesitate) | |
| pussyfoot around(verb, change, hesitate, falter) | |
| run hot and cold(verb, idiom, hesitate, falter) | |
| sit on the fence(verb, idiom, avoid, dodge) | |
| stop to consider | |
| straddle the fence | |
| think twice about | |
| chop and change(verb, idiom, hesitate, waver) | |
| cop a plea(verb, idiom, avoid, dodge) | |
| cop out(verb, avoid, dodge, evade) | |
| drag your feet(idiom, delay, postpone, adjourn) | |
| have doubts(verb, question, discredit, hesitate) | |
| have reservations(verb, question, suspect, distrust) | |
| pass the buck(verb, idiom, avoid, dodge) | |
| put off(delay, postpone, adjourn) | |
| run around(verb, avoid, dodge, evade) | |
| take a raincheck(idiom, delay, postpone, adjourn) |
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