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foot-dragging

or ڴǴdz··Բ

[ foot-drag-ing ]

noun

  1. reluctance or failure to proceed or act promptly.


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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of foot-dragging1

First recorded in 1945–50; from the verb phrase drag one's feet
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The number of Asian American hate crimes rose by 145% over the next year, while Trump’s foot-dragging response to the pandemic and xenophobic terminology had lethal ripples around the world that we’re still contending with today.

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"We need to see faster action from the government and not this foot-dragging... because if nature suffers then humanity suffers as well."

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On the other hand, it's possible that he could so badly alienate and disenfranchise the military that previous inter-service rivalry might give way to collusive stonewalling, foot-dragging and outright opposition that, in more ordinary times, would be considered soft-focus rebellion.

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The Jan. 5 ceremony was far from the tired, foot-dragging telecast that it was expected to be.

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State legislatures set certification deadlines, which should override administrative foot-dragging even if sanctioned by state election boards.

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