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hemmed and hawed
phrase
past tense of hem and haw
Synonyms of hemmed and hawed
to avoid giving a definite answer or position
- He kept hemming and hawing and I couldn't get a straight answer.
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“Hemmed and hawed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hemmed%20and%20hawed. Accessed 16 May. 2022.
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