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Verb
To be slow to act
linger
dally
dawdle
delay
lag
tarry
crawl
creep
diddle
dillydally
drag
hesitate
idle
procrastinate
straggle
lallygag
loll
lollygag
pause
poke
slouch
trifle
dither
falter
mope
putter
vacillate
dilly-dally
shilly-shally
take your time
be dilatory
drag your feet
lag behind
take one's time
sit around
be long
put off
fool around
goof off
loiter
waste time
kill time
stall
mark time
plod
while away time
go at a snail's pace
fall behind
hang fire
take too long
wait
stay
temporizeUS
drop behind
hang around
move slowly
get no place fast
temporiseUK
potter around
hum and haw
play a waiting game
mooch
limp
loaf
inch
trail
saunter
stagger
shuffle
go slowly
potter
hang back
trail behind
hang about
be slow
slow down
potter about
not keep pace
potter round
haver
swither
play for time
hang out
put off doing something
be indecisive
drag your heels
use delaying tactics
let the grass grow under one's feet
stroll
mosey
drift
fiddle
bat
languish
moon
droop
stooge
take time
slack
stonewall
fluctuate
shirk
piddle
nose
snail
pussyfoot around
hem and haw
blow hot and cold
totter
filibuster
ooze
draggle
stay put
hold back
wait around
buy time
hang on
creak along
limp along
putter around
faff
fiddle around
twiddle thumbs
creep along
hang heavy
advance slowly
wear on
horse around
appear to pass slowly
fiddle about
take one's own sweet time
lose time
go on and on
go on too long
become tedious
adjourn
waver
prolong
retard
postpone
defer
protract
cool
goldbrick
tail
trudge
suspend action
kick the can down the road
postpone action
hold off
defer action
let something slide
take a raincheck
be undecided
drop
diddle-daddle
fritter time away
bum around
shlep along
fritter away
scrounge around
fall back
warm a chair
drop back
sit on one's butt
be behind
drag behind
bring up the rear
fall off
slow up
inch along
lounge
mess around
kick around
laze
lazy
chill
bum
doodle
kick back
goof around
monkey around
hack around
veg out
doss
stooge around
bide
twiddle
fribble
hang round
footle
drone
coast
take it easy
dog it
avoid work
featherbed
screw off
putz around
play
futz around
amble
wander
meander
relax
fritter away time
consume time
burn daylight
sit on one's hands
amuse oneself
idle away the hours
do nothing in particular
lounge about
pass the time
while away the time
loll around
idle away time
laze about
fill in time
chill out
“Despite his significant profit and success in South Africa, Johnston appears to be tardy about settling debts in Scotland.”
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