Brewer's: Hum and Haw

(To). To hesitate to give a positive plain answer; to hesitate in making a speech. To introduce hum and haw between words which ought to follow each other freely.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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