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Shilly Shally V Indecisive Fail Act Resolutely General Election

Word shilly-shally
Definition v. To be indecisive; to fail to act resolutely.
Sentence After the general election, the Central Government continued to shilly-shally about the future of Bombay.
Source Midnight's Children, p. 284

Tags: language::english, topic::vocabulary

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