drag feet
Move with reluctance
To drag one's feet is to move slowly or delay action, especially when reluctant or resistant.
The image is of someone walking without lifting their feet, showing unwillingness to proceed: The committee has been dragging its feet on the proposal for months.
Sometimes literal—shuffling along wearily—but usually figurative for deliberate stalling or passive resistance.
- hesitatePause in uncertainty
- stallEnclosed compartment or delay
- delayEnforced waiting period
- put offTo postpone action
- procrastinateDelay action unnecessarily
run out the clock · reluctant · hold back · sluggish · dawdle · take your time · linger · shuffle · resist · unwilling · slow · trudge · lag · postpone · avoid · dread · heavy · dead weight
- delaysdelays, delay, delayed, postponement, postpone
- doing nothingdo nothing, stand still, sit tight, stay put, keep still
- idlingidle, idled, loaf, loafed, laze
- lazinesslaziness, sloth, idleness, apathy, lethargy
- motion idiomsin motion, on the move, on the go, move forward, move along
- stallingstall, stalling, delay, hesitate, procrastinate
drag feethurry
Move with urgency
rush · expedite · make haste · get cracking · get moving
drag feetjump at the chance
Eagerly accept an opportunity
dive in · throw oneself into · embrace · go for it · pitch in
drag feetpitch in
Contribute effort cooperatively
pull one's weight · do one's part · step up · rise to the occasion · lend a hand