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to um
verb
To make the um sound to express confusion or hesitancy.
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But now it's come to, um, this?
And it came out to, um . . .
But why the shift from "er" to "um"?
A: "And he's only going to um I think 29".
But the fact that they have no children has begun to, um, gnaw.
Here's what Jennifer Floyd Engel of The Fort Worth Star-Telegram had to, um, say.
Mr. Owen is asked to, um, follow Ms. Lima as a favor to Mr. Whitaker.
Right, so she didn't feel it necessary to, um, meet the farmer who grew the vegetables?
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How do we … what's the way to … um … where do we plug … ah.
After fifteen days, they went to Um Jafaar, Amar's mother.
Kudos to the Jefferson County Sheriff's Department in Colorado for an ad-campaign that's likely to... um... linger.
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