in a dither

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English

Prepositional phrase

in a dither

  1. In a state of indecision. Flustered
    • 2002, Thomas P. Glynn, A Child's Christmas In Chicago, page 59:
      Everyone was in a dither; either in it or about to get in it or just climbing out of it. Naturally, the Madam was not in a dither. Dither was a foreign concept to her.

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