drag one's feet

Language: en

Meaning: (idiomatic)Toprocrastinate,put off; todawdle,avoid, or make progress slowly andreluctantly.I have beendragging my feetabout filing my taxes.2022December 27, Alexi Duggins, Hollie Richardson, Kate Abbott, “The Rings of Power to Conversations With Friends: 2022’s TV letdowns”, inThe Guardian‎[1]:There was much to love about this last season, from the tense opening barfight to the finale shootout with the IRA, which was so disorientingly murky and gas-filled it felt otherworldly. But it struggled to ever quite get going, with the first five episodesdragging their feetin a way that began to frustrate.; (idiomatic)To intentionallystall, todelay, toobstruct.Synonyms:slow-walk,dilly-dally

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