hesitate

hesitate
v
1. pause, wait, delay, hang back; procrastinate, hold off, hold [s.t.] up, lay [s.t.] over, refrain from further action, let the matter stand; balk, recoil, shrink, swerve, shy; dally, dillydally; temporize, put off, Inf. drag one's feet, Inf. footdrag, gain time, play for time; Inf. stall, stave off, hold out.
2. equivocate, dissemble, evade, skirt, hedge, fence, quibble, pussyfoot, pull back, straddle the fence; waver, hover, scruple, demur, boggle, doubt; vacillate, oscillate, alternate, fluctuate, shilly-shally, shift, falter, change one's mind, blow hot and cold, seesaw, go back and forth, tergiversate; deliberate, debate, ponder, balance, linger, weigh and consider, think twice.
3. stammer, sputter, splutter, stutter; stumble, fumble, halt; mutter, hum, hem, haw, hem and haw, Brit. haver, Brit. Dial. mammer.

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