take one's sweet time
Proceed without urgency
To take one's sweet time is to proceed slowly and deliberately, without hurrying despite others' impatience or urgency.
The phrase carries a note of mild criticism or exasperation when describing someone else: The contractor is taking his sweet time finishing the kitchen.
When self-directed, it can be defiant: I'll take my sweet time if I want to.
- dawdleLinger without purpose
- take one's timeAct without haste
- ambleRelaxed, slow gait
- lingerStay beyond necessity
- meanderTo travel without direction
saunter · savoring · procrastinate · waste time · bask · delay · kill time · pause · forbearance · dilly-dally · mosey · tarry · deliberation · loaf · mindfulness · stroll · loiter · no rush
take one's sweet timerush
Quick sudden movement
hurry · get a move on · step on it · hurry up · race
take one's sweet timehurry up
Command to accelerate
get cracking · chop-chop · snap to it · shake a leg · jump to it
takes, taken, taking, takers, sweet, sweets, sweeter, sweetest, sweetly