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Discover LudwigThe phrase "dither over" is correct and can be used in written English.
It means to be indecisive or uncertain about something. Example: She couldn't stop dithering over which dress to wear to the party.
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And that was how some headlines portrayed it – as a somewhat absurd mountain of paperwork that the union will dither over, unduly delaying its initial offer.
Meanwhile, the Senate Finance Committee continues to dither over the details of its own version of ObamaCare.
Meanwhile, policy makers dither over solutions.
All the while, Washington continues to dither over its strategy.
"Oh, it's just a big house," chips in my wife, brightly, while I dither over euphemisms.
"If the government continues to dither over a new runway, then I'll move my business elsewhere.
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It had already reached that level by 1995, even as other countries dithered over selling the family silver.
Much of the rest of the country has come to view Favre's dithering over retirement as tiresome and dramatic.
He certainly dithered over Boston.
Both dithered over their focus on low prices.
I dithered over whether to publish this posting or not.
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