drag one's heels
English Thesaurus
1. postpone doing what one should be doing (verb.stative)
hypernym | : | delay, |
definition | : | act later than planned, scheduled, or required (verb.stative) |
hyponym | : | procrastinate, |
definition | : | postpone or delay needlessly (verb.stative) |
derivation | : | cunctation, procrastination, shillyshally, |
definition | : | the act of procrastinating; putting off or delaying or defering an action to a later time (noun.act) |
derivation | : | dallier, dilly-dallier, dillydallier, lounger, mope, |
definition | : | someone who wastes time (noun.person) |
derivation | : | cunctator, postponer, procrastinator, |
definition | : | someone who postpones work (especially out of laziness or habitual carelessness) (noun.person) |
derivation | : | cunctation, procrastination, shillyshally, |
definition | : | the act of procrastinating; putting off or delaying or defering an action to a later time (noun.act) |
derivation | : | dallier, dilly-dallier, dillydallier, lounger, mope, |
definition | : | someone who wastes time (noun.person) |
derivation | : | cunctator, postponer, procrastinator, |
definition | : | someone who postpones work (especially out of laziness or habitual carelessness) (noun.person) |
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