drag one's feet

Strongest matches

• draw out
• lengthen

Strong matches

• draw
• extend
• fill
• pad
• prolong
• protract
• stretch

Weak matches

• drag out
• let out
• prolongate
• put rubber in
• spin out

Strongest matches

• boost
• broaden
• continue
• develop
• enhance
• enlarge
• expand
• go on
• increase
• last
• lengthen
• open
• prolong
• spread
• stretch
• take
• widen

Strong matches

• aggrandize
• amplify
• augment
• crane
• dilate
• draw
• elongate
• heighten
• magnify
• mantle
• multiply
• pad
• protract
• stall
• supplement
• unfold
• unfurl
• unroll

Weak matches

• add to
• beef up
• carry on
• drag out
• draw out
• fan out
• let out
• prolongate
• run on
• spin out
• spread out
• string out

Weak matches

• bum around
• coast
• diddle
• dog it
• doodle
• featherbed
• fiddle around
• fluff off
• fool around
• hang around
• hang out
• horse around
• lollygag
• mess around
• monkey around
• putz around
• screw off
• shirk
• slack
• take it easy

Strongest matches

• block
• curb
• frustrate
• hamstring
• hinder
• hobble
• hold up
• impede
• inconvenience
• inhibit
• obstruct
• prevent
• retard
• stymie
• thwart

Strong matches

• baffle
• balk
• bar
• bind
• check
• clog
• cramp
• cumber
• embarrass
• encumber
• entangle
• fetter
• foil
• hog-tie
• leash
• restrain
• shackle
• tie
• trammel

Weak matches

• cramp one's style
• get in the way
• hang up
• interfere with
• slow down
• tie one's hands
• tie up

Strongest matches

• bind
• frustrate
• hamper
• hamstring

Strong matches

• baffle
• balk
• bar
• block
• chain
• check
• clog
• cramp
• cumber
• curb
• embarrass
• encumber
• entangle
• fetter
• foil
• hinder
• hobble
• hog-tie

Weak matches

• cramp one's style
• get in the way
• hang up
• hold up

Strong matches

• baffle
• balk
• bar
• bind
• block
• chain
• check
• clog
• cramp
• cumber
• curb
• embarrass
• encumber
• entangle
• fetter
• foil
• frustrate
• hamstring
• handcuff
• hinder
• hobble

Weak matches

• cramp one's style
• get in the way
• hang up
• hold up

Strongest matches

• decrease
• diminish
• fail
• fall off
• falter
• slacken
• slow
• trail
• wane

Strong matches

• dally
• dawdle
• dillydally
• drag
• ebb
• flag
• hobble
• idle
• inch
• jelly
• limp
• linger
• loiter
• lounge
• plod
• poke
• procrastinate
• retard
• saunter
• shuffle
• slouch
• stagger
• stay
• straggle
• tail
• tarry
• tool
• trudge

Weak matches

• be behind
• get no place fast
• hang back
• inch along
• lose strength
• put off
• slow up

Strongest matches

• block
• curb
• cut off
• hamper
• hinder
• impede
• inhibit
• interfere
• obscure
• retard
• stall
• stonewall
• stymie
• thwart

Strong matches

• arrest
• bar
• barricade
• check
• choke
• clog
• close
• congest
• crab
• fill
• frustrate
• hamstring
• hide
• interrupt
• mask
• occlude
• plug
• restrain
• sandbag
• shield
• stop
• stopper
• terminate
• throttle
• trammel

Weak matches

• dead-end
• foul up
• get in the way
• hang up
• hold up
• monkey with
• shut off
• slow down
• weigh down

Strongest matches

• dawdle
• hesitate

Strong matches

• dally
• drag
• lag
• linger
• loiter
• pause
• prolong
• protract
• stall
• stay
• tarry
• temporize
• wait

Weak matches

• be dilatory
• defer
• give the runaround
• goldbrick
• hang fire
• hold off
• let slide
• play a waiting game
• play for time
• postpone
• shilly-shally
• suspend

Strongest matches

• continue
• delay
• drag out
• lengthen
• perpetuate
• protract
• stall

Strong matches

• hold
• increase
• pad
• stretch

Weak matches

• carry on
• hold up
• let it ride
• make longer
• spin out
• stretch out

Strongest matches

• adjourn
• hold off
• postpone
• reschedule
• shelve
• suspend

Weak matches

• dally
• dawdle
• dillydally
• hold over
• lag
• lay over
• linger
• loiter
• poke
• prorogue
• put back
• retard
• stay
• tarry
• trail

Strongest matches

• halt
• hamper
• hinder
• interrupt
• postpone
• put off
• slow
• stay
• stop
• suspend

Strong matches

• arrest
• brake
• check
• die
• equivocate
• fence
• filibuster
• hedge
• prevaricate
• quibble
• stand
• still
• stonewall
• tarry
• temporize

Weak matches

• avoid the issue
• beat around the bush
• hold off
• not move
• play for time
• shut down
• slow down
• stand off
• stand still
• take one's time

Strong matches

• abide
• bide
• dally
• drag
• dwell
• filibuster
• lag
• linger
• lodge
• loiter
• pause
• poke
• procrastinate
• remain
• rest
• sojourn
• stall
• stay
• stop
• tail
• temporize
• tool
• trail
• visit
• wait

Weak matches

• get no place fast
• goof around
• hang around
• hold the phone
• lose time
• put off
• stick around
• stop over
• take one's time
• warm a chair