To spend (time) without haste or purpose.
Alternative spelling of dilly-dally.
Alternative spelling of dilly-dally.
To maintain in a stall for fattening:
To be a waiter or waitress at:
To cause or arrange for (an event) to take place at a time later than the time at which it was originally supposed to happen.
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To linger in an aimless way; spend time idly
To postpone until a later time; defer.
To spend (time) idly:
To hesitate:
To grow so long as to extend along the ground, over rocks, etc.
To delay, linger, be tardy, etc.
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To proceed in a slow or lazy manner; putter:
To proceed slowly; saunter:
To fail to keep up a pace; straggle:
To pull along with difficulty or effort; haul:
advancing (antonym)
To move against another, as when attacking:
quickening (antonym)
To come or return to life, as a soul.
accelerating (antonym)
To reduce the time required for (an academic course, for example); compress into a shorter period.
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completing (antonym)
To complete is to finish something, to make something whole or see a task through to the end.
finishing (antonym)
To complete something being done
doing (antonym)
Do is defined as to accomplish an action.
hesitating (related)
To stop because of indecision; pause or delay in acting, choosing, or deciding because of feeling unsure; waver
fasting (related)
In a dissipated, immoderate way:
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