DRAGGING ONE'S FEET Synonyms: 95 Similar and Opposite Words

dragging one's feet

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variants also dragging one's heels

present participle of drag one's feet

as in lingering

to move or act slowly I think she's dragging her feet on the project because she thinks it's not worth the effort.

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falling behind

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With Meta’s models falling behind, becoming a cloud provider keeps it relevant in AI and buys it time to develop its own technology.

— Rachyl Jones, semafor.com, 1 July 2026

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