Meaning
To offer reasons or justifications for not doing something, often avoiding responsibility.
Cultural Background
Indirectness is often a sign of respect, but 'agar-magar' is used when that indirectness becomes annoying.
Use it to be direct
It's a great way to tell someone to stop wasting time.
Meaning
To offer reasons or justifications for not doing something, often avoiding responsibility.
Use it to be direct
It's a great way to tell someone to stop wasting time.
Test Yourself
Complete the sentence.
काम पूरा करने के लिए ____ मत करो।
The idiom is 'agar-magar karna'.
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Practice Bank
1 exercisesकाम पूरा करने के लिए ____ मत करो।
The idiom is 'agar-magar karna'.
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Frequently Asked Questions
1 questionsIt can be, depending on the tone.
Related Phrases
टाल-मटोल करना
synonymTo procrastinate