When somebody takes too long about coming to a decision, you might say, “I wish he’d quit ________.”
| STALLING | 280 |
| FOOLING AROUND | 154 |
| BEATING AROUND THE BUSH | 142 |
| PROCRASTINATING | 93 |
| MAKE UP HIS MIND | 41 |
| NR | 32 |
| HEMMING AND HAWING | 28 |
| DILLYDALLYING | 23 |
| HESITATING | 23 |
| MESSING AROUND | 21 |
| WASTING TIME | 21 |
| KILLING TIME | 14 |
| STALLING AROUND | 14 |
| DAWDLING | 12 |
| SHILLY-SHALLYING | 9 |
| FIDDLING AROUND | 8 |
| GET ON THE BALL | 7 |
| QUIBBLING | 6 |
| THINKING | 6 |
| VACILLATING | 6 |
| HORSING AROUND | 5 |
| LOAFING | 5 |
| BEATING THE DEVIL AROUND THE STUMP | 4 |
| DELAYING | 4 |
| GOOFING OFF | 4 |
| HEDGING | 4 |
| HEMMING AND HAWING AROUND | 4 |
| MEDITATING | 4 |
| PIDDLING AROUND | 4 |
| PUTTING OFF | 4 |
| TALKING | 4 |
| WASTING MY TIME | 4 |
| BOTHERING ME | 3 |
| COME TO THE POINT | 3 |
| DALLYING | 3 |
| DECIDE | 3 |
| HEM-HAWING AROUND | 3 |
| HURRY UP | 3 |
| POKING AROUND | 3 |
| SCREWING AROUND | 3 |
| SITTING ON THE FENCE | 3 |
| STRADDLING THE FENCE | 3 |
| AGGRAVATING ME | 2 |
| BEING WISHY-WASHY | 2 |
| COME TO A DECISION | 2 |
| DALLYING AROUND | 2 |
| DIDDLING AROUND | 2 |
| FARTING AROUND | 2 |
| FIDDLIN’ AROUND | 2 |
| FIDDLING | 2 |
| FLOUNDERING | 2 |
| FOOLING | 2 |
| GET TO THE POINT | 2 |
| GOOFING AROUND | 2 |
| HE’S A SLOWPOKE | 2 |
| HE’S INDECISIVE | 2 |
| HURRY | 2 |
| LAGGING | 2 |
| LONG-WINDED | 2 |
| MULLING IT OVER | 2 |
| PONDERING | 2 |
| SHIT OR GET OFF THE POT | 2 |
| STAMMERING | 2 |
| STOP | 2 |
| STUDYING | 2 |
| STUTTERING | 2 |
| TAKING SO LONG | 2 |
| THINKING ABOUT IT | 2 |
| AGGRAVATING | 1 |
| ARGUING | 1 |
| BACKING AND FILLING | 1 |
| BAFFLING AROUND | 1 |
| BE MORE EXPLICIT | 1 |
| BEATING ABOUT THE BUSH | 1 |
| BEATING AROUND | 1 |
| BEATING AROUND THE BUSH SO MUCH | 1 |
| BEATING TIME | 1 |
| BEING INDECISIVE | 1 |
| BEING SO DULL | 1 |
| BEING SO HESITANT | 1 |
| BEING SO INDECISIVE | 1 |
| BEING SO SLOW | 1 |
| BEING SO SLOW ABOUT MAKING DECISION | 1 |
| BEING SO WILLY-NILLY | 1 |
| BEING STUPID | 1 |
| BEING UNDECIDED | 1 |
| BRING OUT HIS POINT | 1 |
| BUGGING ME | 1 |
| BULLSHITTING | 1 |
| CHANGING HIS MIND | 1 |
| COME ON TO THE POINT | 1 |
| COME OUT OF IT | 1 |
| COME TO A POINT | 1 |
| COME TO GRIPS WITH IT | 1 |
| CONGLOMERATING AND COME TO THE POINT | 1 |
| CRAP OR GET OFF THE POT | 1 |
| CRAWFISHING | 1 |
| DADDLING | 1 |
| DEBATING | 1 |
| DICKERING AROUND | 1 |
| DIDDLING | 1 |
| DILL-DALLYING | 1 |
| DILLYDALLYING AROUND | 1 |
| DILLYING AND DALLYING AROUND | 1 |
| DILLYING AROUND | 1 |
| DO ONE THING OR THE OTHER | 1 |
| DO YOU OR DON’T YOU | 1 |
| DODDERING | 1 |
| DOING NOTHING | 1 |
| DON’T BE ON THE FENCE | 1 |
| DOPING OFF | 1 |
| DRAGGING | 1 |
| DRAGGING AROUND | 1 |
| DRAGGING HIS FEET | 1 |
| DWIDDLING | 1 |
| EITHER FISH OR CUT BAIT | 1 |
| EITHER GET ON OR GET OFF | 1 |
| FILIBUSTERING | 1 |
| FOOLING AROUND AND GET DOWN TO BUSINESS | 1 |
| FOOLING AROUND AND MAKE UP HIS MIND | 1 |
| FOOLING ME | 1 |
| FOOLING THE TIME AWAY | 1 |
| FOR GOSH SAKES HURRY UP | 1 |
| FRIGGING AROUND | 1 |
| FUMBLING | 1 |
| FUSSING IT OVER | 1 |
| GET A MOVE | 1 |
| GET IT OVER WITH | 1 |
| GET THE LEAD OUT | 1 |
| GET THE LEAD OUT OF HIS BRITCHES | 1 |
| GET TO WORK | 1 |
| GET WITH IT | 1 |
| GO TO WORK OR GO HOME | 1 |
| GOING AROUND THE BUSH | 1 |
| GOING SO MUCH INTO DETAIL | 1 |
| GUESSING | 1 |
| HE HAS A WEAK MIND | 1 |
| HEE-HAWING AROUND | 1 |
| HEM-HAWING | 1 |
| HEMMING | 1 |
| HE’S GOT THE STUDS | 1 |
| HE’S IN A FOG | 1 |
| HESITATING SO LONG | 1 |
| HIS LAZY SPELL | 1 |
| HOLDING ME UP | 1 |
| HUMMING AND HAWING | 1 |
| HURRY AND DECIDE | 1 |
| HURRY AND MAKE HIS MIND UP | 1 |
| HURRY UP AND DECIDE | 1 |
| HURRY UP AND MAKE UP HIS MIND | 1 |
| HURRY UP AND SPEAK | 1 |
| I WISH HE WASN’T UNDECIDED | 1 |
| IT GETS TIRESOME | 1 |
| JITTERING | 1 |
| KIDDING WITH THE OTHERS | 1 |
| KILLING MY TIME | 1 |
| LINGERING | 1 |
| LOITERING | 1 |
| LOLLYGAGGING | 1 |
| MAKE UP HIS MIND OR FORGET ABOUT IT | 1 |
| MAKE UP HIS MIND TO DO ONE OR THE OTHER | 1 |
| MAKING A SHORT STORY LONG | 1 |
| MILLING ABOUT | 1 |
| MILLING AROUND | 1 |
| MONKEYING AROUND | 1 |
| MOPING | 1 |
| MOSEYING AROUND | 1 |
| MOUSING AROUND | 1 |
| MUCKING IT OVER | 1 |
| MUDDLING | 1 |
| MUSSING AROUND AND GIVE US A DECISION | 1 |
| OUTA MY FACE ‘CAUSE I BELIEVE I DO BETTER | 1 |
| PALAVERING | 1 |
| PASSING THE BUCK | 1 |
| PESTERING ME | 1 |
| PIDDLING | 1 |
| PISS-PIDDLING | 1 |
| POLLY-FOXING AROUND | 1 |
| PONDERING ON THE SUBJECT | 1 |
| PUTTING IN TIME | 1 |
| PUTTING ME OFF | 1 |
| PUTTING THINGS OFF | 1 |
| QUIT | 1 |
| RACING HIS MOTOR | 1 |
| SHIRKING | 1 |
| SITTING ON A DIME | 1 |
| SOLDIERING | 1 |
| SPEAK UP | 1 |
| STALLING OFF | 1 |
| START OVER | 1 |
| STEWING AROUND | 1 |
| STOP AVOIDING TO ANSWER | 1 |
| STUDYING AROUND | 1 |
| TAKING FOREVER | 1 |
| TAKING HIS TIME | 1 |
| TALKING AROUND | 1 |
| THINK FAST | 1 |
| THINKING AND DO SOMETHING | 1 |
| THINKING AND MAKE UP HIS MIND | 1 |
| THINKING IT OVER | 1 |
| THINKING SO HARD | 1 |
| THINKING SO SLOW | 1 |
| TRYING MY PATIENCE | 1 |
| TRYING TO FIND AN ANSWER | 1 |
| TRYING TO REASON IT OUT | 1 |
| WAITING | 1 |
| WAKE UP | 1 |
| WALKING THE FENCE | 1 |
| WASTING HIS TIME | 1 |
| WAVERING | 1 |
| WEAVING | 1 |
| WHIPPING THE DEVIL AROUND THE STUMP | 1 |
| WISHY-WASHING AROUND | 1 |
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