| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| VERB: | 1. To go or move slowly so that progress is hindered: dally, dawdle, delay, dilly-dally, drag, lag, linger, poke, procrastinate, tarry, trail. Idioms: drag one's feet (or heels) , mark time, take one's time. See FAST. 2. To pass time without working or in avoiding work: bum1 (around), idle, laze, loaf, lounge, shirk. Slang : diddle2, goldbrick, goof (off). See INDUSTRIOUS.
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