Synonyms of dragged one's feet

dragged one's feet

phrase

variants also dragged one's heels

past tense of drag one's feet

as in lingered

to move or act slowly

I think she's dragging her feet on the project because she thinks it's not worth the effort.

Synonyms & Similar Words

• lingered
• dragged
• delayed
• dropped behind
• fell behind
• hung fire
• marked time
• took one's time
• lallygagged
• dillydallied
• lagged
• loitered
• crept
• crawled
• hanged (around or out)
• dawdled
• lollygagged
• stalled
• diddled
• moped
• played
• puttered (around)
• poked
• fiddled (around)
• tarried
• shilly-shallied
• pottered (around)
• fooled around
• dallied
• hung (around or out)
• messed around
• slowed (down or up)
• monkeyed (around)
• shuffled
• idled
• loafed
• strolled
• sauntered
• trifled
• inched
• ambled
• lounged
• staggered
• decelerated
• lolled
• temporized
• eased
• plodded
• lumbered
• procrastinated
• filibustered

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• run
• rushed
• ripped
• ran
• bolted
• flew
• hastened
• raced
• dashed
• hurried
• tore
• sped
• scurried
• whirled
• scooted
• zipped
• speeded
• barreled
• scudded
• whizzed
• whisked
• scrambled
• barrelled
• rocketed
• coursed
• run
• darted
• hotfooted (it)
• hurtled
• stampeded
• ran
• hustled
• trotted
• bowled
• sped (up)
• humped
• galloped
• jogged
• breezed
• accelerated
• careered
• sprinted
• speeded (up)
• caught up
• quickened
• outpaced
• outstripped
• overtook
• outran
• fast-forwarded