v. 25B6; verb
the government faltered : HESITATE, delay, drag one's feet, stall; waver, vacillate, be indecisive, be irresolute, blow hot and cold; Brit. haver, hum and haw; informal sit on the fence, dilly-dally, shilly-shally.
she faltered over his name : STAMMER, stutter, stumble; hesitate, flounder.