dally over

dally over something

to waste time or take too long doing something. Don't dally over your food. Eat your dinner. I wish you wouldn't dally over your homework.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Elkanah	el-KAYN-ə (English)	Biblical, Biblical Hebrew
Prudentia	-	Late Roman
Minoru	mee-no-ṙoo	Japanese
DamhÁN	-	Irish
Noella	-	French
Lurdes	-	Portuguese