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| use up(verb, play, abuse, waste) | |
| wait and see | |
| wait around(verb, delay, stay, remain) | |
| walking through it(adjective, idiom, quiet, flat) | |
| warm a chair(idiom, delay, loiter, saunter) | |
| watch and wait | |
| wear a long face(idiom, sulk, languish, brood) | |
| while away hours(idiom, relax, lazy, slack) | |
| wink at(verb, play, abuse, waste) | |
| going through motions(adjective, idiom, quiet, flat) | |
| act the fool(verb, idiom, clown) | |
| arse about(verb, phrasal verb) | |
| arse around(verb, phrasal verb) | |
| brand new(new, fresh) | |
| break off(verb, stop, delay, rest) | |
| break up(verb, stop, delay, rest) | |
| bum about(verb, phrasal verb) | |
| chat up(verb, play, seduce, toy) | |
| come to a halt(idiom, decline, languish, stagnate) | |
| cushy job(idiom, inaction) |
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