dragging feet
Reluctant to proceed
Dragging feet, or dragging one's feet, means deliberately delaying or acting slowly on something, usually to avoid a decision or task: The committee has been dragging its feet on the new policy.
The image is of someone walking reluctantly, feet scraping the ground rather than stepping forward.
Also appears as foot-dragging.
- reluctantUnwilling to act
- hesitantSlow to act
- stallingIntentional delay tactics
- buying timeDelaying to gain advantage
- running out the clockConsuming remaining game time strategically
procrastinating · killing time · shuffling · slow · lagging · dawdling · delaying · slow walking · trudging · scuffing · unwilling · holding back · resistance · lethargic · sluggish · plodding · heavy · dead weight
- delaysdelays, delay, delayed, postponement, postpone
- slow thingssnail, tortoise, turtle, sloth, molasses
- dawdlingdawdling, dallying, dilly-dallying, lingering, loitering
- delay tacticsstalling, delaying tactic, procrastination, postponement, deferral
- energy idiomsfull of beans, running on empty, second wind, burn out, fired up
- fatigue symptomsexhaustion, tiredness, drowsiness, sleepiness, yawning
dragging feetembracing
Holding warmly, willingly accepting
raring to go · champing at the bit · ready and willing · gung-ho · keen
dragging feetrushing
Rapid forward movement
hurrying · hitting the ground running · expediting · hustling · fast-tracking
dragging feettaking initiative
Acting without external direction
taking the bull by the horns · diving in · going all in · taking charge · rolling up one's sleeves
drag, dragging, dragged, drags, draggy, feet, footing, footings