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linger over

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Verb1.linger over - delay
hesitate, waffle, waver - pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness; "Authorities hesitate to quote exact figures"

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It is obvious that there are grave difficulties in carrying out these definitions, but we will not linger over them.
I never linger over a painful and necessary task; I never take pleasure before business, it is not in my nature to do so; impossible to enjoy a leisurely walk over the city, though I perceived the morning was very fine, until I had first presented Mr.
Lawrence, with the Jersey salt-brigs from Spain and Sicily; found a friendly northeaster off Artimon Bank that drove them within view of the East light of Sable Island, - a sight Disko did not linger over, - and stayed with them past Western and Le Have, to the northern fringe of George's.
 
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