shil ‧ ly-shal ‧ ly /ˈʃɪli ˌʃæli/ BrE AmE verb ( past tense and past participle shilly-shallied , present participle shilly-shallying , third person singular shilly-shallies ) [intransitive] informal
[ Date: 1700-1800 ; Origin: shall I? ; probably influenced by dilly-dally ]
to waste time or take too long to make a decision SYN dither