To linger behind or wander from a main line or part
“By the time we straggle into Bimbila, Schroeder has ridden 20 miles on a bumpy dirt track without a saddle, not complaining once.”
To be disheveled, messy, or unkempt in appearance
“It grows to about 60 cm high, and is best raised annually from seed or cuttings as it soon starts to straggle and look unattractively untidy.”
To spread at irregular intervals
“The hikers straggle across the trail, their exhausted bodies spreading at irregular intervals as they push forward.”
To travel unsystematically over, through, or about (a place)
To move or progress slowly, failing to keep up with others
To move clumsily or ploddingly
To move backward or to back away
(literally or figuratively) To deviate from a normal or expected path
To spread out over a large area in an untidy or irregular way
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