| VERB | stative | dilly-dally, procrastinate, stall, drag one's feet, drag one's heels, shillyshally, dillydally | postpone doing what one should be doing |
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| Meaning | postpone doing what one should be doing. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
| Model | They dilly-dally the cape | |
| Synonyms | procrastinate, stall, drag one's feet, drag one's heels, shillyshally, dillydally | |
| Narrower | procrastinate | postpone or delay needlessly |
| Broader | delay | Act later than planned, scheduled, or required |
| Spanish | aplazar | |
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