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What is "foot-dragging"

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
foot-dragging
noun
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ The police were accused of foot-dragging on the investigation.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
foot-dragging

"deliberate slowness," 1966, from foot (n.) + present participle adjective from drag (v.).

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foot-dragging

n. The deliberate delaying of obligatory action.

Usage examples of "foot-dragging".

They knew the necessity of the work, however much they might resent it-no sister could like having to labor in that fashion: the Reds doing most of it certainly grumbled enough-but the order had come from Elaida, and these days, that resulted in foot-dragging.