Question

“we will not dilly-dally waiting for you to return, nor will we waste time trying to open the doors using our unlock equipment,” police said. source: seattle times in the sentence above, dilly-dally has the same or almost the same meaning as: pretend preclude dawdle dabble

Explanation:

"Dilly - dally" means to waste time or be slow and leisurely in doing something. "Dawdle" also means to move or act slowly; to waste time. "Pretend" means to act as if something is the case when it isn't. "Preclude" means to prevent from happening; make impossible. "Dabble" means to take part in something in a casual or superficial way.

Answer:

C. dawdle