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putter(verb, play, delay, abuse, stay)
3
shuffle(verb, fail, delay, diminish, decrease)
2
abide(verb, stop, delay, stay, rest)
2
get no place fast(verb, expression, idiom, fail, delay)
2
hang out(verb, expression, phrasal verb, delay, stay)
2
horse around(expression, play, delay, abuse, waste)
2
mosey(verb, delay, stay, idle, remain)
2
piddle(delay, wait, loiter, dally)
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play games with(expression, idiom, play, delay, abuse)
2
remain(verb, stop, delay, stay, rest)
2
resort(wait, loiter)
2
shamble(verb, wait, shuffle, hang)
2
slacken(verb, hold, check, keep, fail)
2
toddle(verb, delay, idle, shuffle, drift)
1
bum around(verb, expression, delay, loiter)
1
dabble(verb, play, abuse, waste, trick)
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diddle-daddle(verb, delay, loiter, bumming)
1
fool with(expression, play, delay, abuse, waste)
1
fritter away(verb, expression, phrasal verb, delay, stay)
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kill time(verb, expression, delay, relax, idle)
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