| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| NOUN: | 1. The act of putting off or the condition of being put off: adjournment, deferment, deferral, postponement, stay1, suspension, waiver. See TIME. 2. The condition or fact of being made late or slow: detainment, holdup, lag, retardation. See HELP, TIME. | | VERB: | 1. To put off until a later time: adjourn, defer1, hold off, hold up, postpone, remit, shelve, stay1, suspend, table, waive. Informal : wait. Idioms: put on ice. See DO. 2. To cause to be later or slower than expected or desired: detain, hang up, hold up, lag, retard, set back, slow (down or up), stall2. See HELP, TIME. 3. To go or move slowly so that progress is hindered: dally, dawdle, dilly-dally, drag, lag, linger, loiter, poke, procrastinate, tarry, trail. Idioms: drag one's feet (or heels) , mark time, take one's time. See FAST.
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