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Verb

To engage in an unproductive activity

To move or walk lackadaisically

To tinker or fidget with something

To waste or spend time idly and unfruitfully

To be slow to act

To exert effort or labor on a task

An implement used in golfing to strike a ball

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To engage in an unproductive activity

molder^US

moulder^UK

sit back and do nothing

“I stay at home and putter lazily. This is the life of anybody free of burdensome, depressing aspirations.”

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To move or walk lackadaisically

move at a snail's pace

go for a constitutional

go hither and thither

reconnoiter^US

reconnoitre^UK

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“Jerry had told Zack to putter over to the dock as quietly as possible and just tie up and wait.”

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To tinker or fidget with something

tinker at the edges of

rearrange the deckchairs on the Titanic

mess around with

fool about with

mess about with

tinker with the edges of

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“The Deacon man got a big bunch of keys out of his pocket and commenced to putter with the lock.”

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To waste or spend time idly and unfruitfully

do nothing in particular

moulder^UK

molder^US

sit back and do nothing

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To be slow to act

temporize^US

temporise^UK

put off doing something

use delaying tactics

play a waiting game

let the grass grow under one's feet

kick the can down the road

avoid doing something

keep from doing something

put on the back burner

employ delaying tactics

fiddle about

take one's own sweet time

avoid committing oneself

surcease

use Fabian tactics

avoid making a decision

appear to pass slowly

balk^US

baulk^UK

stop what you're doing

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To exert effort or labor on a task

labor^US

labour^UK

endeavor^US

endeavour^UK

plow^US

plough^UK

give it your best shot

push

give it your all

bust a gut

work your fingers to the bone

keep your nose to the grindstone

pull out all the stops

make an all-out effort

move heaven and earth

burn the candle at both ends

work oneself to the bone

fall over backwards

put one's back into something

give something one's best shot

give something one's all

dig in

make a supreme effort

put effort into something

proceed laboriously

keep nose to grindstone

go back to the salt mines

work fingers to bone

work one's nuts off

put up a fight against

push oneself to the limit

try very hard

drive oneself to the limit

work one's butt off

peg away at

apply oneself to

leave no stone unturned

put one's back into it

have a shot at

take on

have one's nose to grindstone

work one's socks off on

give it all you've got

put in one hundred percent

make one's way with difficulty

shinny

bend

direct

give one hundred percent

leave nothing in the tank

put it all on the line

lay it all on the line

apply to

use some elbow grease

put one's shoulder to the wheel

put one's heart and soul into it

go the whole nine yards

go all-out

bust chops

put pedal to the metal

try my best

do one's darnedest

put the pedal to the metal

burn the midnight oil

get your act together

roll up one's sleeves

proceed with difficulty

bite off more than you can chew

wear oneself to a shadow

overload oneself

run yourself into the ground

drive oneself too hard

push oneself too hard

overtax one's strength

strain yourself

overtire yourself

overstrain yourself

drive oneself into the ground

work oneself into the ground

drive oneself too far

practice presenteeism

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Noun

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An implement used in golfing to strike a ball

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