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Synonyms & Antonyms of foot-dragging
failure to do something quickly because you do not want to do it
- bureaucrats criticized for foot-dragging on important issues
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“Foot-dragging.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/foot-dragging. Accessed 1 Oct. 2022.
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The first known use of foot-dragging was in 1947
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