murag naghatod og dili

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Cebuano

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Etymology

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From the notion that when a person asks for a woman’s hand, if the parents refuse, they send the single word dílì to the door and the visit ends then and there.

Phrase

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murag naghatod og dili

  1. (idiomatic) to make one’s visit short