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drag one's heelsdilly-dallydillydallydrag one's feetprocrastinateshillyshallystalldelayprocrastinate

drag one's heels

verb

1 drag one's heels

Postpone doing what one should be doing.

synonyms: dilly-dally, dillydally, drag one's feet, procrastinate, shillyshally, stall.

is a specific kind of: delay.

is a broader term that covers: procrastinate.

derivation: cunctation, procrastination, shillyshally | stall, stalling | dallier, dilly-dallier, dillydallier, lounger, mope | cunctator, postponer, procrastinator.

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