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NYT Connections Hints for February 28, 2025 (#662)

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PEACH
YO-YO
EGG
MARBLES
TOOTHPASTE
WAFFLE
DOLL
MIND
GENIE
ANGEL
SENSE
HESITATE
WAVER
WITS
BELL
DEAR

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BE INDECISIVE

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Indecision or Hesitation

HESITATE
To pause or hold back in uncertainty or reluctance.
WAFFLE
To speak or write evasively, often due to indecision.
WAVER
To fluctuate between choices or opinions.
YO-YO
To move up and down or back and forth, often unpredictably, like a yo-yo.

LOVELY PERSON

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Terms of Endearment or Affection

ANGEL
A term of endearment for someone kind and pure.
DEAR
A term of affection, often used for loved ones.
DOLL
A playful term of endearment, often for someone attractive or sweet.
PEACH
A term of endearment for someone delightful or charming.

Clarity of Thought or Mind

MARBLES
Slang for mental faculties or sanity, as in 'losing one's marbles.'
MIND
The faculty of consciousness and thought.
SENSE
The ability to think clearly or logically.
WITS
Mental sharpness or intelligence.

COMPONENTS OF METAPHORS FOR THINGS THAT CAN’T BE UNDONE

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Irreversible Actions or Situations

BELL
As in 'you can't unring a bell,' meaning something cannot be undone.
EGG
As in 'you can't unscramble an egg,' meaning something cannot be reversed.
GENIE
As in 'you can't put the genie back in the bottle,' meaning something cannot be undone once it's out.
TOOTHPASTE
As in 'you can't put toothpaste back in the tube,' meaning something cannot be undone once it's done.