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dawdle

verb
  1. To go or move slowly so that progress is hindered: dally, delay, dilly-dally, drag, lag, linger, loiter, poke, procrastinate, tarry, trail. Idioms: drag one's feet (or heels), mark time, take one's time. See fast
  2. To pass (time) without working or in avoiding work. Also used with away: fiddle away, idle (away), kill 1, trifle away, waste, while (away), wile (away). See industrious

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