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taken one's time

phrase , past participle of take one's time

Synonyms and Antonyms of taken one's time

to move or act slowly

The students were advised to take their time on the test and not to rush.

Synonyms of taken one's time

crawled, crept, dallied, dawdled, delayed, diddled, dillydallied, dragged, lagged, lingered, loitered, lollygagged (also lallygagged), moped, poked, shilly-shallied, tarried

Words Related to taken one's time

fiddled (around), fooled around, messed around, monkeyed (around), played, pottered (around), puttered (around), trifled

hung (around or out) (also hanged (around or out)), idled, loafed, lolled, lounged

ambled, eased, inched, lumbered, plodded, sauntered, shuffled, staggered, strolled

decelerated, slowed (down or up)

filibustered, procrastinated, stalled, temporized

Phrases Synonymous with taken one's time

dragged one's feet (also dragged one's heels), dropped behind, fallen behind, hung fire, marked time

Near Antonyms of taken one's time

bowled, breezed, darted, humped, hurtled, hustled, scrambled, stampeded

galloped, jogged, run, sprinted, trotted

accelerated, quickened, sped (up) (or speeded (up))

caught up, fast-forwarded, outpaced, outrun, outstripped, overtaken

Antonyms of taken one's time

barreled (or barrelled), bolted, careered, coursed, dashed, flown, hastened, hotfooted (it), hurried, raced, ripped, rocketed, run, rushed, scooted, scudded, scurried, sped (or speeded), torn, whirled, whisked, whizzed, zipped

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