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Past tense for fail to act resolutely or decisively
dithered faltered hesitated vacillated wavered teetered fluctuated balanced dilly-dallied halted havered oscillated scrupled staggered wabbled wobbled swithered dodged hung back procrastinated stalled trifled blew hot and cold blown hot and cold hung about hung around hummed and hawed messed around wasted time hemmed and hawed sat on the fence ummed and ahed yo-yoed pussyfooted around equivocated delayed paused swayed had doubts thought twice changed alternated chopped and changed changed mind had misgivings doubted yourself temporized dallied dawdled temporised hovered swung hedged waffled run hot and cold tergiversated seesawed demurred varied lingered flip-flopped faffed about kept changing your mind prevaricated tarried dillydallied trembled reeled boggled deliberated doubted swungen swang altered shied away held off shifted held back faffed around messed about dragged your heels wobbled about ran hot and cold gotten cold feet got cold feet flickered fence-straddled rocked straddled whiffled quivered rotated paltered shuddered trimmed waited interspersed interchanged tumbled pussyfooted whiffled waffled stumbled deferred rolled quavered lurched bobbled pottered stopped balked floundered pulled back mammered expressed suspicions about had reservations about acted in sequence whiled away time felt uncertain expressed reservations about had doubts about had hesitations about occurred in turn baulked pondered entertained doubts about turned debated weighed fluctuated on had suspicions about filled in for relieved felt uneasy about wondered about loitered straggled thought something unlikely shrunk back harboured suspicions about harboured reservations about thought about marked time stayed back displaced hanged killed time moved slowly lagged moved between digressed occurred in rotation substituted hung stayed in the background went from one extreme to the other hung fire played a waiting game transformed dragged your feet mutated sat on fence followed one another followed followed in turn worked in sequence lacked conviction beaten around the bush gone from one extreme to the other shrunken back shrank back took turns taken turns gone up and down went up and down rose and fell risen and fallen taken it in turns took it in turns come and gone acted reciprocally came and went

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Past tense for to move or act at a slow speed
dawdled dallied lingered delayed loitered tarried lagged dillydallied crawled diddled crept creeped dragged drug poked moped lollygagged lallygagged put off procrastinated dragged your feet dilly-dallied plodded trailed hung about straggled idled hung around paused sauntered frittered away lagged behind killed time wasted time waited stalled shuffled ambled dithered hesitated marked time hung fire put off doing something get no place fast loafed goofed off trudged lolled limped drifted stayed slouched temporized puttered temporised dropped behind fooled around vacillated took one's time taken one's time fallen behind fell behind strolled lost time flagged slackened hung back inched tooled trailed behind skulked moseyed moved slowly retarded staggered faltered traipsed sloughed wandered shambled rambled filibustered trifled pottered about pottered around whiled away time pottered round tottered horsed around got no place fast stayed put let something slide taken your time sat around took your time warmed a chair hung out hummed and hawed played for time used delaying tactics played a waiting game went slowly gone slowly frittered away time piddled passed the time fiddled about whiled away the time bided remained decreased dropped failed diminished meandered pottered dragged behind waned ebbed mooched slowed jellied lounged hobbled tailed stumbled dabbled lurked hovered halted nosed boondoggled stopped diddle-daddled toddled lodged rested snailed brought up the rear lumbered frittered time away hung round oozed slowed up inched along slowed down bummed around held off crept along protracted sat on one's butt creaked along passed time galumphed held the phone lumped goofed around lurched shifted waited around barged suspended action limped along draggled hung heavy walked appeared to pass slowly changed doddered played games with dragged your heels postponed scuffled pounded cooled kicked the can down the road trifled with goldbricked slacked lost strength stomped waddled whiled away flogged become tedious deferred advanced slowly stamped bought time clumped postponed action adjourned stopped over deferred action stonewalled floundered havered fooled with tromped held back shirked prolonged shlepped along slogged stumped fooled about tramped wavered hung on swithered scuffed scrounged around burned daylight took one's own sweet time taken one's own sweet time burnt daylight bidden bode fallen back fell back taken a raincheck took a raincheck fell off fallen off went on too long gone on and on worn on became tedious gone on too long wore on went on and on reeled teetered clomped blundered bumbled wobbled walked heavily struggled swayed hiked trampled thundered thumped trekked footslogged weaved thudded marched trogged banged tread careened padded yomped hirpled dragged oneself walked haltingly walked with difficulty trundled toiled waded plowed stept stepped schlepped hopped wallowed walked lamely walked unevenly walked with a limp woven wove hit the road trod trodden walked clumsily rocked trembled pitched muddled quivered grinded ground ploughed shivered quoke quaked crushed strode galloped champed rolled prest pressed walked slowly duckwalked waggled wiggled plugged along advanced clunked moved laboriously shuddered quavered promenaded moved pushed one's way moved unsteadily hitched clattered gimped moved falteringly trooped patrolled seesawed tripped toppled zigzagged slipped slid wheeled walked unsteadily shimmied trod heavily trodden heavily perambulated paced roamed prowled blundered about pattered ambulated proceeded stepped out pootled moved clumsily walked like a duck made your way strutted roved knocked about plodded along stalked paraded traversed toured stretched your legs plodded on pranced cantered locomoted run heavily filed wended your way raced shaken shook stridden gone went slidden ran heavily trod clumsily trodden clumsily took the air took a turn rove taken a turn taken the air

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Past tense for to express one's opinions in terms which admit of different senses, with intent to deceive
equivocated hedged waffled fenced tergiversated fudged prevaricated quibbled dodged evaded flanneled flannelled parried pussyfooted shuffled sidestepped wavered cavilled caviled hesitated paltered stalled temporised temporized vacillated weaseled weaselled adumbrated conned dodged the issue eluded escaped eschewed evaded the issue falsified fibbed flip-flopped jived lied parried questions shucked stonewalled fudged the issue pussyfooted around shuffled about beat about the bush beaten about the bush copped out covered up hemmed and hawed hummed and hawed minced words ran around run around stalled for time straddled the fence avoided the issue beaten around the bush begged the question clouded the issue copped a plea ducked the issue ducked the question gave run around given run around passed the buck sat on the fence told white lie blew hot and cold blown hot and cold sidestepped the issue avoided ducked shifted misrepresented put off put on deceived fabricated skirted invented dissembled belied dithered distorted exaggerated misstated garbled faked blathered blarneyed beguiled blandished contested foiled baffled maneuvered outwitted manoeuvred feinted shirked stretched the truth shifted ground about fought off skirted the issue shuffled around euphemized tapdanced played it close to the vest danced around dodged the question used flattery talked blarney fast-talked played your cards close to your chest hedged your bets straddled an issue fudged and mudged buttered up misspoke misspoken given a false colour to gave a false colour to gave the run around given the run around gave nothing away given nothing away circumvented balked baulked rambled welshed reneged fled snuck away laid low slipped out bypassed danced around an issue wormed one's way out of quibbled about copped out of found a way round avoided answering beat around bush skirted round beat about the bush about fended off gotten around got around lay low given the runaround gave the runaround beaten about the bush about beaten around bush got out of gotten out of

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