Drag your feet/heels

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Pro Tip 1/3

Suggests someone is procrastinating, possibly due to laziness or avoidance.

He keeps dragging his feet on filing the paperwork.

Pro Tip 2/3

Expresses the speaker's impatience with someone's lack of action or slow progress.

Stop dragging your feet and make a decision!

Pro Tip 3/3

Used to subtly urge someone to be more proactive or speed up without a direct command.

They haven't dragged their heels like this before the deadline.

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