15
dawdle(verb, hold, keep, play, block)
9
procrastinate(verb, hold, keep, block, delay)
9
stall(verb, hold, keep, block, stay)
8
delay(verb, cause, waste, fast, defer)
8
linger(verb, hold, keep, block, delay)
7
loiter(verb, hold, keep, play, block)
7
vacillate(verb, delay, waste, shake, pause)
6
hesitate(verb, delay, waste, shake, pause)
6
drag one's feet(verb, idiom, fast)
6
lag(verb, hold, keep, block, delay)
4
drag(verb, hold, keep, block, delay)
3
shilly-shally(verb, delay, hesitate, linger, falter)
3
dally(verb, play, delay, abuse, waste)
3
dillydally
3
dither(verb, shake, pause, sway, vary)
3
poke(verb, delay, fast, idle, linger)
3
shillyshally
3
tarry(verb, hold, keep, block, delay)
3
trail(verb, fast, linger, loiter, dawdle)
3
waste time(verb, expression, play, delay, abuse)
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