Usually means: Indecisive, hesitant verbal expression; stalling.
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  1. hem and haw: Merriam-Webster
  2. hem and haw, hem and haw: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. hem and haw: Collins English Dictionary
  4. hem and haw: Vocabulary.com
  5. hem and haw: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. hem and haw: Wiktionary
  7. hem and haw: Dictionary.com
  8. hem and haw: Rhymezone
  9. hem and haw: FreeDictionary.org
  10. hem and haw: Mnemonic Dictionary
  11. hem and haw: TheFreeDictionary.com
  12. Hem and haw: World Wide Words
  13. hem and haw: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations
  14. hem and haw: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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  1. hem and haw: Encyclopedia

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  1. hem and haw: Medical dictionary

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  1. hem and haw: Idioms
  2. hem and haw: Wordcraft Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (hem and haw)

verb:  (idiomatic, US) To discuss, deliberate, or contemplate rather than taking action or making up one's mind.
verb:  To mumble and procrastinate in one's speech, especially with a reply to a hard question or with voicing a decision on a topical matter; to evade a question, giving vague answers; to equivocate or temporize.

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