drag one's heels
postpone doing what one should be doing - He did not want to write the letter and procrastinated for days • Syn: procrastinate, stall, drag one's feet, shillyshally, dilly-dally, dillydally • Derivationally related forms: dillydallier (for: dillydally), shillyshally (for: shillyshally), stall (for: stall), procrastination (for: procrastinate), procrastinator (for: procrastinate) • Hypernyms: delay • Hyponyms: procrastinate • Verb Frames: - Somebody ----s
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