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Synonyms and Antonyms of tarrying
- upon seeing the sun beginning to sink in the sky, we realized we had tarried too long on the summit of the mountain
absconding, booking [slang], decamping, escaping, evacuating, fleeing, flying, getting out, running away, scatting, scramming, skipping
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
fiddling (around), fooling around, messing around, monkeying (around), playing, pottering (around), puttering (around), trifling
hanging (around or out), idling, loafing, lolling, lounging
ambling, easing, inching, lumbering, plodding, sauntering, shuffling, staggering, strolling
- he tarried with us all summer, sleeping on the screened-in porch most nights
crashing [slang], sojourning, staying, visiting
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