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• v  postpone doing what one should be doing

• But the newest version of candidate McCain does not dillydally, soft-pedal or claim to live outside politics-as-usual.
• Yes she did, and in no mood to dillydally about it, either.
• Mincing no words he told the latter they had had eight weeks to settle their code differences; he was tired of further dillydally; he would give them just 24 hours to get .

• procrastinate
• stall
• drag one's feet
• drag one's heels
• shillyshally
• dilly-dally

Quotes

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• Russell Baze in Sacramento Bee
  There's no need to dillydally around,Baze said of the all-time wins record, horse racing's greatest achievement. "I want to get this done."
• Nita Lowey in New York Times
  We can't dillydally,Ms. Lowey said last Monday at a news conference at the Mamaroneck plant. "This has to do with jobs. This has to do with the environment. And this has to do with getting the economy moving."