Dilly-dally (around) with (someone or something) phrase
To engage in frivolous or aimless activity with someone/something.
Instead of studying, he spent all his spare time dilly-dallying around with those papers.
If you hadn't dilly-dallied around with your friends this afternoon, you would finish your homework now.
I should have started studying for the exam last week, but I've been dilly-dallying around with my new video game.
The verb "dilly-dally" must be conjugated according to its tense.
The origin of this phrase is not clear.
Be extremely sleepy