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Synonyms for drag one's heels in English

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drag one's heels:
- procrastinate; stall; dilly-dally; shillyshally; dillydally; drag one's feet; drag one's heels

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Detailed Synonyms for drag one's heels in English

drag one's heels:

drag one's heels verb

drag one's heels

– postpone doing what one should be doing ¹
to procrastinate; to stall; to dilly-dally; shillyshally; dillydally; drag one's feet; drag one's heels
– postpone doing what one should be doing ¹
- procrastinate verb (procrastinates, procrastinated, procrastinating)
  - He did not want to write the letter and procrastinated for days¹
- stall verb (stalls, stalled, stalling)
- dilly-dally verb (dilly-dallies, dilly-dallied, dilly-dallying)
- shillyshally verb
- dillydally verb
- drag one's feet verb
- drag one's heels verb

Alternate Synonyms for "drag one's heels":

procrastinate; stall; drag one's feet; shillyshally; dilly-dally; dillydally; delay

Related Definitions for "drag one's heels":

postpone doing what one should be doing¹

Related Synonyms for drag one's heels

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