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166 entries under expression topic. ×
| wink at(play, abuse, waste, trick) | |
| slow coach(idiom, inactivity, slowness) | |
| act the fool(verb, idiom, idle, tease) | |
| afternoon farmer(idiom, inactivity) | |
| be afraid(idiom, irresolution) | |
| be irresolute(idiom, irresolution) | |
| clown around(tease, joke, kid) | |
| come close to(verb, phrasal verb) | |
| dilly dally | |
| do-little faineant(idiom, inactivity) | |
| dodge the column | |
| drag your feet(delay, trail, postpone, loiter) | |
| drop off(verb, phrasal verb) | |
| fruges consumere natus(idiom, inactivity) | |
| go halfway(idiom, irresolution) | |
| go slowly(verb, shuffle) | |
| hang in suspense(idiom, irresolution) | |
| hang loose(lie, loiter, lounge, slouch) | |
| hang up(verb, check, delay, hinder) | |
| have a lark(idiom, tease, joke, kid) |
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