hesitate

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If it's worth pursuing they won't hesitate to say yes.

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pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness; "Authorities hesitate to quote exact figures"

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The clearest senses and uses of hesitate gathered in one view.

verb

pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness; "Authorities hesitate to quote exact figures"

verb

interrupt temporarily an activity before continuing; "The speaker paused"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for hesitate.

verb

pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness; "Authorities hesitate to quote exact figures"

verb

interrupt temporarily an activity before continuing; "The speaker paused"

Example sentences

If it's worth pursuing they won't hesitate to say yes.

And even then I would hesitate, as luck really does count.

He clearly craves validation and doesn't hesitate to dole it out to himself.

Github has the social aspects nailed down, but for small teams or personal projects, I don't hesitate to use bitbucket.

You think if we were on wall street a firm would hesitate to double someone's salary if the firm thought they could make double that by hiring them?

They hesitate mid-sentence trying to remember the rules and get it perfectly instead of just saying "Tommy hitted me" like in the article.

I almost hesitate to say it, but I did read the article hoping to find the average airspeed velocity of a slightly-laden European-African swift.

They both get pigeon-holed as Apple apologists because Apple is the only major electronics manufacturer that seems to care one iota about these things, but when another company comes along and gets theses details right, neither Marco or Gruber will hesitate to praise them.