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To avoid proceeding through reluctance
To delay action until a particular time or event
To be hesitant or show reluctance
To lag behind or not keep pace with others or with a schedule
To deliberately act evasively in order to gain time or postpone a decision
To briefly stop or interrupt an action
To be hesitant or show reluctance
To dodge something, such as a question, task or duty
To stay in a place, typically for longer than necessary
To follow or pursue someone or something closely from behind
To move back or away from, especially because of fear or disgust
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Verb
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To avoid proceeding through reluctance
hesitates
dithers
vacillates
wavers
demurs
teeters
wabbles
falters
halts
scruples
staggers
wobbles
hovers
lags
lingers
pauses
procrastinates
straggles
holds back
shilly-shallies
hangs fire
holds off
shrinks back
shies away
stays back
drags your feet
drags your heels
stays in the background
balances
fluctuates
dilly-dallies
havers
swithers
hums and haws
blows hot and cold
stalls
hems and haws
sits on the fence
pussyfoots around
yo-yos
equivocates
delays
temporizes
US
dawdles
oscillates
dallies
hedges
tergiversates
thinks twice
temporises
UK
alternates
changes
dillydallies
seesaws
deliberates
wastes time
waffles
runs hot and cold
gets cold feet
boggles
keeps changing your mind
changes mind
faffs about
swings
whiffles
flip-flops
fence-straddles
straddles
chops and changes
messes around
dodges
hangs about
ums and ahs
trifles
hangs around
varies
whiffles waffles
sways
palters
takes your time
plays for time
slow-walks
waits
pussyfoots
stumbles
defers
doubts
hangs
weighs
balks
US
ponders
baulks
UK
stops
flounders
sits on fence
pulls back
mammers
thinks about
debates
tarries
loiters
drags
pokes
plays a waiting game
prevaricateth
prevaricates
idles
diddles
whiles away time
crawls
creeps
lollygags
lallygags
mopes
hesitates over
kills time
marks time
puts off
takes one's time
goofs off
uses delaying tactics
puts off doing something
lags behind
potters
slouches
lolls
fools around
sits around
putters
wavers about
equivocates about
vacillates about
prolongs
adjourns
postpones
retards
protracts
moves slowly
goldbricks
cools
stays
defers action
takes a raincheck
postpones action
suspends action
kicks the can down the road
lets something slide
stonewalls
plods
has doubts
totters
filibusters
wonders about
feels uncertain
falls behind
buys time
hangs on
potters about
potters round
potters around
waits around
stays put
horses around
harbours reservations about
has reservations about
lacks conviction
expresses reservations about
feels uneasy about
has doubts about
has suspicions about
harbours suspicions about
entertains doubts about
fluctuates on
expresses suspicions about
thinks something unlikely
has hesitations about
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“We also have quite a few contributors who like to
hang back
and give us something only when the spirit moves them.”
Verb
▲
To delay action until a particular time or event
holds off
pauses
waits
defers
delays
holds back
postpones
hangs fire
refrains from
puts something off
sits tight
takes no action
avoids doing something
plays a waiting game
keeps from doing something
bides your time
holds your horses
is patient
are patient
keeps your shirt on
stalls
lies in wait
puts on hold
fills time
holds your water
holds everything
holds the line
waits a minute
waits patiently
holds on
hangs on
awaits
waits on
stands by
hangs onto your hat
kicks your heels
hangs about
loiters
sticks around
lingers
hangs around
stays up for
wastes time
waits in the wings
marks time
sweats it out
twiddles thumbs
kills time
hangs
sweats it
lies low
abides
cools it
sits up for
holds one's breath
passes the time
holds the phone
holds your fire
rests
looks forward
countdowns
saves it
Verb
▲
To be hesitant or show reluctance
demurs
hesitates
pauses
vacillates
balks
US
baulks
UK
doubts
pussyfoots
wavers
jibs
refuses
shies
expresses misgivings
expresses reluctance
expresses reservations
thinks twice
hems and haws
waits and sees
drags your heels
Verb
▲
To lag behind or not keep pace with others or with a schedule
falls behind
trails
straggles
lags
trails behind
lags behind
loses ground
brings up the rear
drops behind
dawdles
dallies
crawls
lingers
loiters
delays
creeps
tarries
dillydallies
pokes
diddles
mopes
plods
lollygags
lallygags
limps
inches
drags
slouches
shuffles
moves slowly
slows down
falls back
shilly-shallies
holds back
dithers
idles
staggers
falters
saunters
stays
puts off
dilly-dallies
inches along
slows up
tails
drags behind
gets no place fast
falls off
drops
trudges
drags your feet
noses
snails
oozes
draggles
hangs heavy
appears to pass slowly
becomes tedious
goes on and on
wears on
goes slowly
goes on too long
limps along
creaks along
creeps along
advances slowly
hesitates
procrastinates
pauses
vacillates
takes one's time
goofs off
takes your time
strays
loses
stonewalls
wastes time
temporizes
US
stalls
totters
kills time
waits
plays a waiting game
buys time
temporises
UK
hangs on
hangs around
plays for time
potters about
hums and haws
potters round
marks time
potters around
hangs about
uses delaying tactics
filibusters
waits around
puts off doing something
stays put
hangs fire
horses around
whiles away time
lolls
trifles
fools around
sits around
putters
more ❯
Verb
▲
To deliberately act evasively in order to gain time or postpone a decision
temporises
UK
temporizes
US
stalls
delays
procrastinates
hedges
prevaricates
prevaricateth
tergiversates
tarries
defers
palters
puts off
plays for time
beats about the bush
uses delaying tactics
gains time
takes your time
plays a waiting game
stalls for time
avoids committing oneself
avoids making a decision
uses Fabian tactics
kicks the can down the road
holds back
hangs fire
hesitates
dithers
stonewalls
equivocates
filibusters
dallies
postpones
distracts
diverts
uses dilatory tactics
puts on the back burner
buys time
drags your feet
holds over
takes one's time
avoids the issue
beats around the bush
dawdles
lingers
loiters
vacillates
lags
waits
pokes
drags
pauses
hums and haws
dilly-dallies
puts off doing something
shilly-shallies
idles
whiles away time
dillydallies
straggles
plods
staggers
diddles
wastes time
mopes
lollygags
totters
kills time
falls behind
crawls
hangs on
hangs around
potters about
potters round
marks time
goofs off
potters around
hangs about
waits around
stays put
lags behind
lallygags
horses around
creeps
wavers
prolongs
havers
adjourns
retards
protracts
goldbricks
swithers
cools
defers action
drags your heels
takes a raincheck
holds off
postpones action
suspends action
stays
lets something slide
more ❯
Verb
▲
To briefly stop or interrupt an action
pauses
hesitates
wavers
rests
stops
halts
delays
falters
breaks
adjourns
discontinues
ceases
waits
deliberates
suspends
desists
interrupts
drops
reflects
shakes
sidelines
breaks off
holds back
takes five
takes a breather
thinks twice
takes a break
stops briefly
calls time
has a breather
takes a breath
takes ten
marks time
pulls up
lets up
breaks it up
catches one's breath
comes to standstill
puts on hold
vacillates
procrastinates
stalls
hangs fire
sits tight
holds on
hangs about
adopts Fabian tactics
hangs around
hangs on
holds your horses
holds your fire
recesses
has a break
suspends proceedings
breaks up
ends
knocks off
rises
more ❯
Verb
▲
To be hesitant or show reluctance
hesitates
doubts
scruples
demurs
has misgivings about
has qualms about
demurs from
shrinks from
hangs back from
thinks twice
thinks twice about
has qualms
shies away from
has reservations about
wavers
dithers
falters
vacillates about
has scruples about
vacillates
baulks
UK
shies
disrelishes
shrinks
hesitates to
wavers about
balks
US
baulks at
flinches from
boggles at
scruples about
shilly-shallies
boggles
minds doing something
recoils from
quails at
fights shy of
hates to
shies away
wobbles
frets
demurs about
sticks at
balks at
halts
staggers
stickles
wabbles
balances
worries
teeters
jibs
more ❯
Verb
▲
To dodge something, such as a question, task or duty
flinches
evades
avoids
shrinks
demurs
dodges
shies
eschews
shirks
eludes
escapes
shuns
shies away
quails at
turns away
backs away
draws back
baulks at
boggles at
fights shy of
jibs at
Verb
▲
To stay in a place, typically for longer than necessary
lingers
stays
remains
loiters
stalls
stops
waits
stays put
sticks around
hangs around
hangs on
hangs round
waits around
stays behind
hangs out
Verb
▲
To follow or pursue someone or something closely from behind
trails
follows
pursues
tracks
shadows
traces
dogs
hounds
tails
chases
hunts
courses
stalks
spoors
tags
runs
bedogs
hunts down
bird-dogs
tags along
follows on
strings along
lingers behind
runs down
keeps an eye on
keeps a tab on
keeps in sight
keeps tabs on
pokes along
follows a scent
noses out
runs to earth
tags along behind
takes out after
runs to ground
brings up the rear
Verb
▲
To move back or away from, especially because of fear or disgust
shrinks
flinches
recoils
blenches
cringes
cowers
quails
starts
winces
squinches
retreats
shudders
crouches
grovels
withdraws
refuses
retires
slinks
draws back
pulls back
shies away
backs away
jumps back
jerks back
springs back
starts back
shrinks away
backs off
falls back
shrinks back
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