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temporize
Synonyms and Antonyms of temporize
- Pressured by voters on both sides of the issue, the congressmen temporized.
filibuster, procrastinate, stall
crawl, creep, delay, dally, dawdle, diddle, dillydally, drag, lag, linger, loiter, lollygag (also lallygag), mope, poke, shilly-shally, tarry
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
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
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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