drag one's heels

Verb

Meaning

postpone doing what one should be doing

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

stall procrastinate dilly-dally fall behind potter around dillydally drag one's feet shillyshally

Antonyms

reed mercury hare derby charleston scud
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Hypernyms

delay

Hyponyms

procrastinate

Examples

He did not want to write the letter and procrastinated for days Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

drag off drag on drag one's feet drag oneself drag oneself along drag out