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To have a casual romantic liaison with

To engage in an activity for enjoyment or recreation

To waste or spend time idly and unfruitfully

To act, move or progress at a slow speed

To stay in the same place, position or level

To pause in indecision before doing something

To walk in a slow, relaxed manner

To deceive or fool someone

To waste time, money, or energy on trifling matters

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Verb

To have a casual romantic liaison with

play fast and loose

make advances at

give the come-on to

commit adultery

behave flirtatiously

toy with someone's affections

trifle with someone's affections

have affairs affair

set your cap at

make romantic advances to

make sheep's eyes at

be a carpet knight

dally with someone's affections

have sexual intercourse

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“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

To engage in an activity for enjoyment or recreation

entertain oneself

disport oneself

kick up one's heels

have a good time

engage in games

be life of party

let your hair down

indulge in horseplay

shake one's booty

act the giddy goat

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“Eddie and Denise travel to the Egyptian coastal village of Dahab, where they dally in the sun and sand.”

Verb

To waste or spend time idly and unfruitfully

while away time

fritter away time

while away the time

sit on one's hands

idle away the hours

kick your heels

not lift a finger

do nothing in particular

while away hours

fritter time away

while away the hours

take a breather

put your feet up

bat back and forth

lay on one's oars

sit back and do nothing

rest on your oars

shirk one's duties

take things easy

do nothing much

grind to a halt

spin one's wheels

be unproductive

lie down on job

become stagnant

remain unchanged

evade one's duty

dodge the column

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“There we would dally through the long night hours until the tinny clock sounded Reveille.”

Verb

To act, move or progress at a slow speed

take one's time

while away time

go at a snail's pace

get no place fast

play a waiting game

use delaying tactics

put off doing something

drag your heels

let the grass grow under one's feet

pussyfoot around

blow hot and cold

take one's own sweet time

use dilatory tactics

put on the back burner

appear to pass slowly

let something slide

take a raincheck

postpone action

kick the can down the road

fritter time away

scrounge around

sit on one's butt

bring up the rear

move at a snail's pace

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“I do not dally while working, so do not worry about me milking the clock.”

Verb

To stay in the same place, position or level

establish yourself

establish oneself

make one's home in

become domiciled in

put down roots in

take up residence in

be an inhabitant of

set up housekeeping in

be domiciled in

have as your home

have one's residence

be established in

take up residence

have your home in

hang up one's hat

have one's home

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“I would want to dally there for so long that we got caught in the rain.”

Verb

To pause in indecision before doing something

blow hot and cold

pussyfoot around

sit on the fence

be in two minds

take one's time

run hot and cold

be unable to decide

be unable to make up your mind

drag your heels

stay in the background

be reluctant to come forward

chop and change

keep changing your mind

have misgivings about

have qualms about

think twice about

vacillate about

have scruples about

drag one's heels over

drag one's feet over

have reservations about

mind doing something

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Verb

To walk in a slow, relaxed manner

go for a stroll

wander aimlessly

get sidetracked

follow one's nose

go off at a tangent

get off the point

walk the tracks

stretch your legs

get some exercise

take Shanks's pony

pound the pavement

move at a snail's pace

bat back and forth

get no place fast

go for a constitutional

march up and down

walk up and down

walk back and forth

walk to and fro

walk arrogantly

walk confidently

scuff one's feet

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Verb

To deceive or fool someone

take for a ride

put one over on

take advantage of

lead up the garden path

play fast and loose with

give the runaround

send on a wild-goose chase

pull a fast one on

pull the wool over someone's eyes

pull a swifty on

lead down the garden path

take to the cleaners

outmanoeuvre^UK

give someone a bum steer

pull a fast one

send on a wild goose chase

throw off the scent

put on the wrong track

do the dirty on

give wrong information to

propagandize^US

throw dust in someone's eyes

lead up garden path

play for a sucker

put up smoke screen

put on false front

bait and switch

propagandise^UK

give the wrong impression

play for a fool

play games with

play a trick on

get the better of

pull someone's leg

make a sucker of

sell a bill of goods

twist around your little finger

put someone up to something

not tell the truth

be economical with the truth

not speak the truth

make up a story

tell a falsehood

lie through one's teeth

stretch the truth

tell a white lie

perjure oneself

tell a terminological inexactitude

concoct a story

forswear oneself

bear false witness

say something untrue

depart from the truth

tell an untruth

take to cleaners

take for a fool

sell down the river

steal a march on

stab in the back

sell a bill of goods to

be cleverer than

run rings round

make rings round

do someone in the eye

slip something over on

stretch the rules

pull something funny

stack the cards

hit below the belt

be unfaithful to

misrepresent the truth

distort the truth

betray one's true intentions

play someone false

break faith with

make a monkey of

make a monkey out of

make somebody look an idiot

break the rules

find a loophole in

exploit a loophole in

go one better than

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Verb

To waste time, money, or energy on trifling matters

spend like water

be prodigal with

throw around like confetti

make poor use of

pour down the drain

be wasteful with

spend money as if there were no tomorrow

spend money as if it grew on trees

spend money as if it were going out of style

be wastefully extravagant with

spend foolishly

indulge oneself

throw down the drain

spend money as if it grows on trees

spend money as if it were going out of fashion

spend recklessly

play ducks and drakes with

go down the drain

throw money around

spend money like water

throw money down the drain

pour money down the drain

spend as if it grows on trees

spend as if there were no tomorrow

spend as if it were going out of style

avail oneself of

have recourse to

suffer the loss of

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