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Synonyms for drag one's feet

  • verb

Most common

stall drag one's heels procrastinate slow-walk dilly-dally

Synonyms by meaning

Verb

1. Drag one's heels

drag one's heels, stall, procrastinate

2. Slow-walk — to intentionally stall, to delay, to obstruct

slow-walk, dilly-dally

Definitions

  1. v. 1

    To intentionally stall, to delay, to obstruct.

  2. v. 2

    To procrastinate, put off; to dawdle, avoid, or make progress slowly and reluctantly.

    I have been dragging my feet about filing my taxes.

Example sentences

  • stall Lorenzo headed to the stall directly next to mine.
  • procrastinate Your tendency to procrastinate caught up to you.

By length

5 letters
stall1
13 letters
procrastinate4

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (procrastinate4 = 4 syllables).