- foot-dragging
- foot′-drag`ging or foot′drag`gingn.cvb reluctance or failure to proceed or act promptlyEtymology: 1945–50
From formal English to slang. 2014.
foot-dragging
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foot-dragging — [foot′drag΄iŋ] n. deliberate slowness or delay; stalling … English World dictionary
foot-dragging — foot .dragging n [U] when someone is deliberately being slow to do something →drag your feet … Dictionary of contemporary English
foot-dragging — N UNCOUNT (disapproval) Foot dragging is the action of deliberately slowing down a plan or process. Their bargaining position with America was weakened by their foot dragging over the Gulf... He accused the company of shameful foot dragging … English dictionary
foot-dragging — /foot drag ing/, n. reluctance or failure to proceed or act promptly. Also, footdragging. [1945 50; from the v. phrase drag one s feet] * * * … Universalium
foot-dragging — /foot drag ing/, n. reluctance or failure to proceed or act promptly. Also, footdragging. [1945 50; from the v. phrase drag one s feet] … Useful english dictionary
foot dragging — Synonyms and related words: Micawberish, ambling, antipathy, arrest, arrestation, arrestment, averseness, aversion, backward, backwardness, blockage, blocking, cautious, cautiousness, check, circumspect, circumspection, claudicant, clogging,… … Moby Thesaurus
foot-dragging — noun Date: 1952 failure to act with the necessary promptness or vigor … New Collegiate Dictionary
foot-dragging — noun The deliberate delaying of obligatory action … Wiktionary
foot dragging — intentional stalling or delaying, act of intentionally moving or working slowly … English contemporary dictionary
foot-dragger — See foot dragging. * * * … Universalium
