Synonyms of drags one's feet

drags one's feet

phrase

variants also drags one's heels

present tense third-person singular of drag one's feet

as in lingers

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

• lingers
• delays
• drags
• falls behind
• takes one's time
• hangs fire
• marks time
• drops behind
• lags
• loiters
• creeps
• stalls
• dawdles
• lallygags
• lollygags
• dillydallies
• crawls
• diddles
• mopes
• pokes
• plays
• tarries
• putters (around)
• potters (around)
• dallies
• hangs (around or out)
• shilly-shallies
• inches
• fiddles (around)
• fools around
• monkeys (around)
• idles
• loafs
• temporizes
• shuffles
• saunters
• slows (down or up)
• messes around
• lounges
• trifles
• strolls
• ambles
• decelerates
• lolls
• staggers
• plods
• procrastinates
• lumbers
• eases
• filibusters

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• runs
• tears
• speeds
• flies
• barrels
• courses
• races
• careers
• rushes
• hastens
• bolts
• rockets
• rips
• dashes
• scurries
• hurries
• scoots
• zips
• whizzes
• bowls
• whisks
• speeds (up)
• breezes
• runs
• whirls
• scuds
• darts
• hurtles
• scrambles
• humps
• hotfoots (it)
• hustles
• jogs
• gallops
• trots
• stampedes
• sprints
• accelerates
• quickens
• catches up
• overtakes
• outruns
• outstrips
• outpaces
• fast-forwards