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To delay taking action

To postpone or assign to a later time or date

To fail to care for or pay attention to

To cause to proceed or move at a slower pace

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Verb

To delay taking action

let something slide

take a raincheck

postpone action

put off doing something

use delaying tactics

play a waiting game

kick the can down the road

drag your heels

take one's time

blow hot and cold

pussyfoot around

beat about the bush

while away time

sit on the fence

get no place fast

let the grass grow under one's feet

use dilatory tactics

put on the back burner

stay in the background

be reluctant to come forward

employ delaying tactics

use Fabian tactics

avoid making a decision

avoid committing oneself

take one's own sweet time

go at a snail's pace

adopt Fabian tactics

be in two minds

fritter time away

scrounge around

sit on one's butt

avoid the issue

beat around the bush

hold your horses

put something off

take a breather

have a breather

avoid doing something

keep from doing something

establish yourself

establish oneself

appear to pass slowly

bring up the rear

keep your shirt on

hold one's breath

kick your heels

cool your heels

hang onto your hat

hold everything

wait in the wings

stop what you're doing

come to standstill

catch one's breath

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“I don't know why I don't just do a load when I accumulate enough but I'd guess it has something to do with my natural tendency to procrastinate.”

Verb

To postpone or assign to a later time or date

hold in abeyance

lay on the table

give rain check

put in cold storage

put on back burner

put on the back burner

take a rain check on

keep in abeyance

give a rain check

put in abeyance

put on the shelf

put to one side

change the date

bring to screeching halt

put off the evil day

throw a monkey wrench in the works of

put off the evil hour

throw a spanner in the works

put something off

put on one side

take a raincheck

leave to another time

take a breather from

put on a back burner

suspend proceedings

take a rain check

take a breather

stand in the way of

get in the way of

put out of commission

put into storage

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“The national executive agreed to procrastinate the election to October 2, two weeks later than the original date of September 18.”

Verb

Procrastinate

Verb

To fail to care for or pay attention to

leave something undone

pay no attention to

fail to look after

let something slide

procrastinate over

take no notice of

think little of

be remiss about

pay little attention to

turn a deaf ear to

turn your back on

fail to care for

fail to provide for

not trouble oneself

be irresponsible

keep at arm's length

throw to the winds

keep your distance

look the other way

have nothing to do with

turn a blind eye to

fail to take advantage of

close your eyes to

take no account of

be oblivious to

give something a miss

turn a blind eye

not take into consideration

avoid considering

let something go downhill

fail to remember

pussyfoot around

leave out of account

send to Coventry

turn a deaf ear

let something ride

keep one's distance from

give the slip to

let something go to seed

take with a pinch of salt

give no credence to

fail to exploit

not take into account

bury one's head in sand

pay no attention

let fall between the cracks

fail to observe

leave out of consideration

leave unnoticed

stop thinking about

cock a snook at

refuse to acknowledge

think no more of

have no time for

erase from your mind

put out of your mind

play truant from

lie down on job

deliberately ignore

make allowances for

let someone off with

let bygones be bygones

give someone the brush-off

have no use for

treat as unimportant

sweep under the carpet

sweep under the rug

deal rapidly with

pour cold water on

treat with contempt

throw cold water on

plead ignorance

refuse to recognize

refuse to abide by

close one's mind to

ride roughshod over

cease to remember

erase from memory

consign to oblivion

put in the past

draw a veil over

dismiss from mind

cease to think of

not worry about

banish from one's thoughts

not give another thought to

tell someone to get lost

look right through someone

give the cold shoulder to

give the thumbs down to

not take advantage of

deal leniently with

make allowance for

forgive and forget

give someone the big E

give someone the go-by

give someone the air

kick in the teeth

hand someone the frozen mitt

have nothing more to do with

give a wide berth to

give someone the push

leave out in the cold

give the cold shoulder

grin and bear it

roll with punches

swim with the tide

turn blind eye to

wipe slate clean

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Verb

To cause to proceed or move at a slower pace

put the brakes on

get in the way of

stand in the way of

throw a spanner in the works

throw a monkey wrench in the works of

bring to screeching halt

cramp one's style

give a hard time

cramp someone's style

tie someone's hands

impose limits on

not allow to go beyond

keep within the limits of

slam on the anchors

put on the brakes

slam on the brakes

put the kibosh on

drag through the mud

clip one's wings

queer the pitch of

poke full of holes

bring to a standstill

reduce in speed

stem the flow of

keep under control

be a hindrance to

keep within bounds

keep a tight rein on

keep the lid on

put at a disadvantage

place at a disadvantage

give the run around

put straitjacket on

throw monkey wrench in

prevent from making progress

get bogged down

give disadvantage

put the stopper on

take wind out of

put out of commission

queer someone's pitch

throw a spoke in the wheel of

tie one's hands

put the brakes on

take out of play

make it impossible for

make it impracticable for

make impossible

keep tight rein on

make impracticable

do a disservice to

give a disadvantage to

put in an unfavourable position

treat unfavourably

inflict a handicap on

put on back burner

throw cold water on

dash one's hope

render null and void

upset the applecart

throw a monkey wrench into

place a limit on

pour cold water on

put a damper on

keep within limits

draw the line on

put a spoke in someone's wheel

put a restriction on

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