All drag one's feet synonyms

verb drag one's feet

• draw out — to cause to move in a particular direction by or as if by a pulling force; pull; drag (often followed by along, away, in, out, or off).
• hamper — to hold back; hinder; impede: A steady rain hampered the progress of the work.
• lengthen — to make longer; make greater in length.
• draw out — to cause to move in a particular direction by or as if by a pulling force; pull; drag (often followed by along, away, in, out, or off).
• last — occurring, coming, or being after the usual or proper time: late frosts; a late spring.
• widen — Make or become wider.
• boost — If one thing boosts another, it causes it to increase, improve, or be more successful.
• broaden — When something broadens, it becomes wider.
• develop — When something develops, it grows or changes over a period of time and usually becomes more advanced, complete, or severe.
• increase — to make greater, as in number, size, strength, or quality; augment; add to: to increase taxes.
• spread — to draw, stretch, or open out, especially over a flat surface, as something rolled or folded (often followed by out).
• continue — If someone or something continues to do something, they keep doing it and do not stop.
• take — to get into one's hold or possession by voluntary action: to take a cigarette out of a box; to take a pen and begin to write.
• go on — to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
• open — not closed or barred at the time, as a doorway by a door, a window by a sash, or a gateway by a gate: to leave the windows open at night.
• hinder — to cause delay, interruption, or difficulty in; hamper; impede: The storm hindered our progress.
• obstruct — to block or close up with an obstacle; make difficult to pass: Debris obstructed the road.
• inhibit — to restrain, hinder, arrest, or check (an action, impulse, etc.).
• thwart — to oppose successfully; prevent from accomplishing a purpose.
• stymie — Golf. (on a putting green) an instance of a ball's lying on a direct line between the cup and the ball of an opponent about to putt.
• prevent — to keep from occurring; avert; hinder: He intervened to prevent bloodshed.
• handicap — a race or other contest in which certain disadvantages or advantages of weight, distance, time, etc., are placed upon competitors to equalize their chances of winning.
• inconvenience — the quality or state of being inconvenient.
• retard — to make slow; delay the development or progress of (an action, process, etc.); hinder or impede.
• frustrate — to make (plans, efforts, etc.) worthless or of no avail; defeat; nullify: The student's indifference frustrated the teacher's efforts to help him.
• hamstring — (in humans and other primates) any of the tendons that bound the ham of the knee.
• hold up — to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
• curb — If you curb something, you control it and keep it within limits.
• hobble — to walk lamely; limp.
• block — A block of flats or offices is a large building containing them.
• slow — moving or proceeding with little or less than usual speed or velocity: a slow train.
• slacken — If something slackens or if you slacken it, it becomes slower, less active, or less intense.
• wane — to decrease in strength, intensity, etc.: Daylight waned, and night came on. Her enthusiasm for the cause is waning.
• fall off — to drop or descend under the force of gravity, as to a lower place through loss or lack of support.
• trail — to drag or let drag along the ground or other surface; draw or drag along behind.
• decrease — When something decreases or when you decrease it, it becomes less in quantity, size, or intensity.
• falter — to hesitate or waver in action, purpose, intent, etc.; give way: Her courage did not falter at the prospect of hardship.
• diminish — to make or cause to seem smaller, less, less important, etc.; lessen; reduce.
• fail — to fall short of success or achievement in something expected, attempted, desired, or approved: The experiment failed because of poor planning.
• cut off — If you cut something off, you remove it with a knife or a similar tool.
• stonewall — to engage in stonewalling.
• interfere — to come into opposition, as one thing with another, especially with the effect of hampering action or procedure (often followed by with): Constant distractions interfere with work.
• impede — to retard in movement or progress by means of obstacles or hindrances; obstruct; hinder.
• obscure — (of meaning) not clear or plain; ambiguous, vague, or uncertain: an obscure sentence in the contract.
• hamper — to hold back; hinder; impede: A steady rain hampered the progress of the work.
• hesitate — to be reluctant or wait to act because of fear, indecision, or disinclination: She hesitated to take the job.
• perpetuate — to make perpetual.
• delay — If you delay doing something, you do not do it immediately or at the planned or expected time, but you leave it until later.
• shelve — to place (something) on a shelf or shelves.
• reschedule — to schedule for another or later time: to reschedule a baseball game because of rain.