Hesitate

[Sarah]

To utter with hesitation or to intimate by a reluctant manner.[Poetic

[Sarah]

1.an expression for when you, or someone else doesnt follow through with a plan/opportunity.

the social equivalent of a stutter-step.

2.can also be used to describe the failure of others

[Agnes]

to pause before you do or say something, often because you are uncertain or nervous about it:

[PussyCat]

Pause before saying or doing something, especially through uncertainty.