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Past tense for to avoid proceeding through reluctance
Past tense for to delay action until a particular time or event
Past tense for to be hesitant or show reluctance
Past tense for to lag behind or not keep pace with others or with a schedule
Past tense for to deliberately act evasively in order to gain time or postpone a decision
Past tense for to briefly stop or interrupt an action
Past tense for to be hesitant or show reluctance
Past tense for to dodge something, such as a question, task or duty
Past tense for to stay in a place, typically for longer than necessary
Past tense for to follow or pursue someone or something closely from behind
Past tense for to move back or away from, especially because of fear or disgust
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Verb
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Past tense for to avoid proceeding through reluctance
hesitated
dithered
vacillated
wavered
demurred
teetered
wabbled
faltered
halted
scrupled
staggered
wobbled
hovered
lagged
lingered
paused
procrastinated
straggled
held back
shilly-shallied
hung fire
held off
shrank back
shrunk back
shrunken back
shied away
stayed back
dragged your feet
dragged your heels
stayed in the background
balanced
fluctuated
dilly-dallied
havered
swithered
hummed and hawed
stalled
sat on the fence
hemmed and hawed
yo-yoed
pussyfooted around
equivocated
delayed
temporized
US
dawdled
oscillated
dallied
hedged
tergiversated
temporised
UK
thought twice
blew hot and cold
blown hot and cold
alternated
changed
dillydallied
seesawed
deliberated
boggled
kept changing your mind
waffled
run hot and cold
changed mind
wasted time
waited
swung
pussyfooted
stumbled
deferred
pulled back
mammered
ummed and ahed
fence-straddled
gotten cold feet
flip-flopped
messed around
baulked
UK
pondered
doubted
debated
weighed
slow-walked
paltered
faffed about
stopped
thought about
dodged
got cold feet
floundered
hanged
whiffled waffled
ran hot and cold
varied
chopped and changed
hung
straddled
whiffled
trifled
played for time
swayed
hung about
balked
US
hung around
sat on fence
swungen
swang
took your time
taken your time
shifted
altered
switched
exchanged
interchanged
swapped
substituted
interspersed
acted in sequence
occurred in turn
filled in for
prevaricated
tarried
moved between
occurred in rotation
recast
faffed around
messed about
mutated
rotated
followed one another
followed in turn
worked in sequence
pottered
moved
yo-yoed on
whiled away time
taken in rotation
recalibrated
taken it in turns
turned
took in turn
took it in turns
loitered
gave turns to
marked time
displaced
come and gone
killed time
moved slowly
transitioned
segued
acted reciprocally
digressed
given turns to
went from one extreme to the other
took turns
retracted
taken in turn
played a waiting game
transformed
came and went
took in rotation
taken turns
gone from one extreme to the other
reversed
gone up and down
went up and down
more ❯
“We also have quite a few contributors who like to
hang back
and give us something only when the spirit moves them.”
Verb
▲
Past tense for to delay action until a particular time or event
held off
paused
waited
deferred
delayed
held back
postponed
hung fire
refrained from
put something off
sat tight
took no action
taken no action
avoided doing something
played a waiting game
kept from doing something
bode your time
bided your time
held your horses
kept your shirt on
put on hold
held everything
held your water
been patient
werepatient
was patient
filled time
stalled
held the line
waited a minute
lain in wait
lay in wait
abided
countdowned
hanged
waited on
killed time
saved it
kicked your heels
awaited
sat up for
waited in the wings
hung onto your hat
held your fire
held on
hung
stood by
rested
passed the time
held one's breath
twiddled thumbs
hung on
cooled it
sweated it
held the phone
looked forward
waited patiently
abode
sweated it out
stayed up for
cooled your heels
marked time
wasted time
lain low
lay low
more ❯
Verb
▲
Past tense for to be hesitant or show reluctance
demurred
hesitated
paused
vacillated
balked
US
baulked
UK
doubted
pussyfooted
wavered
jibbed
refused
shied
expressed misgivings
expressed reluctance
expressed reservations
thought twice
hemmed and hawed
waited and saw
waited and seen
dragged your heels
dithered
scrupled
dawdled
equivocated
held back
sat on fence
hesitated over
dilly-dallied
hummed and hawed
temporised
UK
temporized
US
Verb
▲
Past tense for to lag behind or not keep pace with others or with a schedule
fell behind
fallen behind
trailed
straggled
lagged
trailed behind
lagged behind
lost ground
brought up the rear
dropped behind
dawdled
dallied
crawled
lingered
loitered
delayed
creeped
crept
tarried
dillydallied
poked
diddled
moped
plodded
lollygagged
lallygagged
limped
inched
drug
dragged
slouched
shuffled
put off
moved slowly
slowed down
shilly-shallied
nosed
snailed
dithered
idled
oozed
staggered
faltered
sauntered
draggled
stayed
slowed up
dropped
fell back
dragged behind
limped along
inched along
held back
hung heavy
crept along
appeared to pass slowly
become tedious
creaked along
advanced slowly
get no place fast
dragged your feet
trudged
fallen back
dilly-dallied
fell off
tailed
got no place fast
fallen off
worn on
went on too long
gone on and on
gone slowly
went slowly
became tedious
gone on too long
wore on
went on and on
wandered
drifted
ambled
meandered
rambled
roamed
roved
erred
sagged
strung out
hung down
drooped
straddled
scrambled
walked slowly
ranged
strayed
dangled
poked around
maundered
rove
more ❯
Verb
▲
Past tense for to deliberately act evasively in order to gain time or postpone a decision
temporised
UK
temporized
US
stalled
delayed
procrastinated
hedged
prevaricated
tergiversated
tarried
deferred
paltered
put off
played for time
beat about the bush
beaten about the bush
used delaying tactics
gained time
took your time
taken your time
played a waiting game
stalled for time
avoided committing oneself
avoided making a decision
used Fabian tactics
kicked the can down the road
held back
hung fire
hesitated
dithered
stonewalled
equivocated
filibustered
put on the back burner
postponed
diverted
distracted
dallied
bought time
dragged your feet
used dilatory tactics
beaten around the bush
held over
took one's time
taken one's time
avoided the issue
put off doing something
dawdled
lingered
loitered
vacillated
lagged
waited
poked
dragged
paused
drug
dilly-dallied
hummed and hawed
shilly-shallied
let something slide
whiled away time
idled
protracted
adjourned
havered
retarded
prolonged
wavered
dillydallied
straggled
goldbricked
cooled
swithered
staggered
plodded
diddled
moped
lollygagged
crawled
held off
pottered about
creeped
horsed around
pottered round
postponed action
goofed off
deferred action
stayed
marked time
waited around
killed time
suspended action
tottered
stayed put
lagged behind
hung about
hung on
dragged your heels
hung around
pottered around
crept
lallygagged
wasted time
fallen behind
fell behind
took a raincheck
taken a raincheck
more ❯
Verb
▲
Past tense for to briefly stop or interrupt an action
paused
hesitated
wavered
rested
stopped
halted
delayed
faltered
broke
brake
broken
adjourned
discontinued
ceased
waited
deliberated
suspended
desisted
interrupted
dropped
reflected
shook
shaken
sidelined
broke off
broken off
held back
took five
taken five
took a breather
taken a breather
thought twice
took a break
taken a break
stopped briefly
called time
had a breather
took a breath
taken a breath
took ten
taken ten
marked time
pulled up
let up
broke it up
broken it up
caught one's breath
came to standstill
come to standstill
put on hold
vacillated
procrastinated
stalled
hung fire
hung around
held on
hung about
sat tight
adopted Fabian tactics
recessed
suspended proceedings
hung on
ended
held your horses
held your fire
knocked off
had a break
broke up
broken up
risen
rose
more ❯
Verb
▲
Past tense for to be hesitant or show reluctance
hesitated
doubted
scrupled
demurred
had misgivings about
had qualms about
demurred from
shrank from
shrunk from
hung back from
thought twice
thought twice about
had qualms
shied away from
had reservations about
wavered
dithered
faltered
had scruples about
vacillated about
vacillated
baulked
UK
shied
disrelished
shrunk
hesitated to
minded doing something
boggled
boggled at
flinched from
wavered about
baulked at
recoiled from
shilly-shallied
scrupled about
balked
US
jibbed
shrunken
shrank
hated to
shied away
fought shy of
halted
demurred about
teetered
staggered
fretted
stickled
balanced
quailed at
worried
wabbled
wobbled
stuck at
balked at
more ❯
Verb
▲
Past tense for to dodge something, such as a question, task or duty
flinched
evaded
avoided
shrank
shrunk
shrunken
demurred
dodged
shied
eschewed
shirked
eluded
escaped
shunned
shied away
quailed at
turned away
backed away
drew back
drawn back
baulked at
boggled at
fought shy of
jibbed at
Verb
▲
Past tense for to stay in a place, typically for longer than necessary
lingered
stayed
remained
loitered
stalled
stopped
waited
stayed put
stuck around
hung around
hung on
hung round
waited around
stayed behind
hung out
Verb
▲
Past tense for to follow or pursue someone or something closely from behind
trailed
followed
pursued
tracked
shadowed
traced
dogged
hounded
tailed
chased
hunted
coursed
stalked
spoored
tagged
ran
run
bedogged
hunted down
bird-dogged
tagged along
followed on
strung along
lingered behind
ran down
run down
kept an eye on
kept a tab on
kept in sight
kept tabs on
poked along
followed a scent
nosed out
ran to earth
run to earth
tagged along behind
took out after
taken out after
ran to ground
run to ground
brought up the rear
Verb
▲
Past tense for to move back or away from, especially because of fear or disgust
shrank
shrunk
shrunken
flinched
recoiled
blenched
cringed
cowered
quailed
started
winced
squinched
retreated
shuddered
crouched
grovelled
UK
groveled
US
withdrew
withdrawn
refused
retired
slunk
slinked
drew back
drawn back
pulled back
shied away
backed away
jumped back
jerked back
sprang back
sprung back
started back
shrank away
shrunk away
shrunken away
backed off
fell back
fallen back
shrank back
shrunk back
shrunken back
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