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lollygag

verb

variants: also lallygag

Synonyms and Antonyms of lollygag

to move or act slowly

accused the government of lollygagging while survivors of the earthquake continued to live in the most wretched conditions

Synonyms of lollygag

crawl, creep, dally, dawdle, delay, diddle, dillydally, drag, lag, linger, loiter, mope, poke, shilly-shally, tarry

Words Related to lollygag

fiddle (around), fool around, mess around, monkey (around), play, potter (around), putter (around), trifle

hang (around or out), idle, loaf, loll, lounge

amble, ease, inch, lumber, plod, saunter, shuffle, stagger, stroll

decelerate, slow (down or up)

filibuster, procrastinate, stall, temporize

Phrases Synonymous with lollygag

drag one's feet (also drag one's heels), drop behind, fall behind, hang fire, mark time, take one's time

Near Antonyms of lollygag

bowl, breeze, dart, hump, hurtle, hustle, scramble, stampede

gallop, jog, run, sprint, trot

accelerate, quicken, speed (up)

catch up, fast-forward, outpace, outrun, outstrip, overtake

Antonyms of lollygag

barrel, bolt, career, course, dash, fly, hasten, hotfoot (it), hurry, race, rip, rocket, run, rush, scoot, scud, scurry, speed, tear, whirl, whisk, whiz (or whizz), zip

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