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hem and haw

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1 hem and haw

Utter `hems' and `haws'; indicated hesitation.

Roget 469: qualify, limit, modify, leaven, give a color to, introduce new conditions, narrow, temper.    waffle, quibble, hem and haw (be uncertain) 475; equivocate ... meer laten zien


Moby betekeniswoordenboek: 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 ... meer laten zien.

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