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hem and haw
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb hem and haw has 1 sense
- hem and haw(v = verb.communication) Array - utter `hems' and `haws'; indicated hesitation; "He hemmed and hawed when asked to address the crowd" is one way to hesitate, pause
Sample sentence:
They hem and haw a long time
THESAURUS
hem and haw
about the bush, back and fill, back down, balance, beat around, beg the question, debate, deliberate, demur, dodge, duck, equivocate, evade, falter, fear, fence, halt, hang back, haw, hedge, hem, hesitate, hover, hum, hum and haw, jib, mammer, mince the truth, mince words, palter, parry, pause, ponder, prevaricate, pull away, pull back, pussyfoot, put off, recoil, retreat, scruple, sheer off, shift, shift off, shilly-shally, shrink, shy, shy away, shy off, sidestep, stammer, step aside, stick at, stickle, stop to consider, straddle the fence, strain at, stumble, stutter, swerve, tergiversate, think twice about, waffle, ward off, weasel, withdraw, yield
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