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166 entries under verb topic. ×
| dawdle(hold, keep, play, block) | |
| procrastinate(hold, keep, block, delay) | |
| stall(hold, keep, block, stay) | |
| delay(cause, waste, fast, defer) | |
| linger(hold, keep, block, delay) | |
| loiter(hold, keep, play, block) | |
| vacillate(delay, waste, shake, pause) | |
| hesitate(delay, waste, shake, pause) | |
| drag one's feet(idiom, fast) | |
| lag(hold, keep, block, delay) | |
| drag(hold, keep, block, delay) | |
| shilly-shally(delay, hesitate, linger, falter) | |
| dally(play, delay, abuse, waste) | |
| dillydally | |
| dither(shake, pause, sway, vary) | |
| poke(delay, fast, idle, linger) | |
| shillyshally | |
| tarry(hold, keep, block, delay) | |
| trail(fast, linger, loiter, dawdle) | |
| waste time(expression, play, delay, abuse) |
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