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Verb
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Past tense for to have a casual romantic liaison with
flirted
philandered
coquetted
courted
frivolled
frivoled
wooed
trifled
toyed
seduced
womanisedUK
womanizedUS
played
tinkered
messed around
played around
hit on
came on to
come on to
carried on
trifled with
messed about
dallied with
philandered with
played fast and loose
fooled around
teased
toyed with
had an affair
made a move
more ❯
“John can dally with a host of other women but never find in them the revelation of heavenly glory that he beholds after the most awkward kiss with the scholarly Lucy.”
Verb
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Past tense for to engage in an activity for enjoyment or recreation
frolicked
sported
played
rollicked
disported
skylarked
toyed
recreated
amused oneself
capered
let loose
romped
cut capers
gambolledUK
gamboledUS
let go
cavorted
frisked
larked
had fun
fiddled
reveledUS
revelledUK
jumped
caroused
entertained oneself
fooled around
made merry
enjoyed oneself
larked around
more ❯
“Eddie and Denise travel to the Egyptian coastal village of Dahab, where they dally in the sun and sand.”
Verb
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Past tense for to waste or spend time idly and unfruitfully
dawdled
idled
lounged
lazed
loafed
lolled
lazied
dillydallied
bummed
chilled
footled
droned
puttered
boondoggled
hung about
goofed off
kicked around
kicked back
wasted time
killed time
vegged out
hung around
dilly-dallied
hacked around
whiled away time
hung out
fooled around
frittered away
put off
whiled away
horsed around
fooled with
trifled with
fooled about
played games
more ❯
“There we would dally through the long night hours until the tinny clock sounded Reveille.”
Verb
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Past tense for to act, move or progress at a slow speed
dawdled
lingered
loitered
delayed
tarried
lagged
dillydallied
diddled
crawled
crept
creeped
poked
dragged
drug
moped
lollygagged
lallygagged
straggled
plodded
procrastinated
shilly-shallied
dragged your feet
put off
dilly-dallied
stalled
wasted time
hesitated
killed time
idled
dithered
more ❯
“I do not dally while working, so do not worry about me milking the clock.”
Verb
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Past tense for to stay in the same place, position or level
stayed
remained
abode
abided
lingered
dwelt
dwelled
waited
loitered
resided
hung around
stuck around
hung out
hung about
tarried
hovered
put down roots
bided
stood
stuck
settled
rested
sticked
paused
hanged
awaited
hung
stopped
halted
lodged
more ❯
“I would want to dally there for so long that we got caught in the rain.”
Verb
▲
Past tense for to pause in indecision before doing something
hesitated
wavered
vacillated
dithered
faltered
delayed
stalled
fluctuated
teetered
havered
staggered
paused
swithered
wobbled
oscillated
halted
scrupled
dawdled
equivocated
temporisedUK
temporizedUS
wabbled
lingered
waited
hedged
alternated
tergiversated
demurred
dillydallied
hovered
seesawed
pussyfooted
stumbled
deferred
deliberated
doubted
stopped
baulkedUK
balkedUS
boggled
floundered
debated
hung
hanged
mammered
pondered
weighed
shilly-shallied
dilly-dallied
hummed and hawed
hung back
thought twice
held back
hemmed and hawed
shied away
held off
pulled back
thought about
sat on fence
more ❯
Verb
▲
Past tense for to walk in a slow, relaxed manner
sauntered
strolled
ambled
wandered
rambled
walked
traipsed
meandered
roamed
drifted
moseyed
roved
rove
hiked
tramped
maundered
perambulated
tootled
stravaiged
promenaded
pottered
bimbled
tromped
pootled
sashayed
loitered
toddled
stumped
moped
lingered
streeled
ankled
percolated
oozed
tarried
took a walk
taken a walk
took the air
taken the air
went for a walk
gone for a walk
took a stroll
taken a stroll
went for a stroll
gone for a stroll
more ❯
Verb
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Past tense for to deceive or fool someone
strung along
deceived
fooled
tricked
duped
misled
hoodwinked
deluded
conned
beguiled
hoaxed
bamboozled
suckered
bluffed
cozened
misguided
gulled
snookered
misinformed
gaffed
hornswoggled
snowed
snew
snown
humbugged
had
spoofed
gammoned
buffaloed
juggled
burned
burnt
caught
kidded
trifled
toyed
wantoned
took in
taken in
had on
faked out
sucked in
led on
took for a ride
taken for a ride
put one over on
took advantage of
taken advantage of
led up the garden path
made a fool of
dallied with
played with
toyed with
trifled with
made use of
played fast and loose with
gave the runaround
given the runaround
sent on a wild-goose chase
Verb
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Past tense for to waste time, money, or energy on trifling matters
frittered
squandered
wasted
blew
blown
dissipated
misspent
lost
consumed
lavished
misused
misust
splurged
frivolled
frivoled
overspent
idled
trifled
ran through
run through
threw away
thrown away
went through
gone through
been through
spent like water
threw around like confetti
thrown around like confetti
made poor use of
got through
gotten through
poured down the drain
idled away
spent unwisely
fooled away
cast away
diddled away
spent money as if there were no tomorrow
spent money as if it grew on trees
spent money as if it were going out of style
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