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- upon seeing the sun beginning to sink in the sky, we realized we had tarried too long on the summit of the mountain
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- absconding,
- booking
- [slang],
- decamping,
- escaping,
- evacuating,
- fleeing,
- flying,
- getting out,
- running away,
- scatting,
- scramming,
- skipping
Antonyms for tarrying
- bailing,
- bailing out,
- bugging out,
- buzzing (off),
- clearing off
- [chiefly British],
- clearing out,
- cutting out,
- departing,
- exiting,
- getting off,
- going,
- going off,
- leaving,
- moving,
- packing (up or off),
- peeling off,
- piking (out or off),
- pulling out,
- pushing off,
- pushing on,
- quitting,
- shoving (off),
- taking off,
- vamoosing,
- walking out
- the dean tarried in making his decision, still not sure if he should suspend the student or not
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- he tarried with us all summer, sleeping on the screened-in porch most nights
Synonyms for tarrying
- crashing
- [slang],
- sojourning,
- staying,
- visiting
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