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dally over something to waste time or take too long doing something. Don't dally over your food. Eat your dinner. I wish you wouldn't dally over your homework. dally with someone to flirt with someone; to waste time with someone of the opposite sex. (Old.) Sam is dallying with that Johnson girl again. Stop dallying with her and get back to your studies! dilly-dally (around) with someone or something to waste time frivolously with someone or something. Stop dilly dallying around with your friends. He is always dilly-dallying around with his work. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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The United Nations and the Ivory Coast" by Soumahila Cisse, age twenty-three; "Dear Mom" by Trevor Dallier, age eighteen; "An End to Postculturalism, the Reinvention of Hope" by Annabel Gill age nineteen; "Humanizing the Enemy: Empowering a Nation Through Nonviolence" by Carly Heath, age twenty; "The Demise of Human Rights in the Wake of Globalization" by Nakia Matthias, age twenty-three; "Death with Dignity: The Ultimate Human Right? Trevor Dallier is a now nineteen-year-old student at New York University. |
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