procrastinate

verb as in delay, put off doing

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dally, drag, lag, linger, loiter, pause, prolong, protract, stall, stay, tarry, temporize, wait

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be dilatory, defer, drag one's feet, give the runaround, goldbrick, hang fire, hold off, let slide, play a waiting game, play for time, postpone, shilly-shally, suspend

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No fan of Dyer’s, whose many books have ranged from a bizarre if thrilling immersion in the psyches of American jazz musicians to a volume about procrastinating while trying to write about D.H.

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So Murderbot, instead of proactively going out on these adventures, is procrastinating.

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Ron Delnevo, from the Payments Choice Alliance, said he was disappointed about the "procrastinating approach" of the committee.

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Around one-third of Americans procrastinate filing their taxes.

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I left late because I was procrastinating, and then, thanks to L.A. traffic, got there at 5:45 p.m.

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