I am glad to be able to say that common honesty, or some shadowy simulacrum of it, revived presently and sent me back to the hotel, though not without terrible foot-draggings, you may be sure.
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Foot-dragging
//ˈfʊtˌdɹæɡɪŋ//
Synonyms for "foot-dragging" (114 found)
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Finnish
3 entries- hidastelu noun (deliberate delaying of, or reluctance to take, obligatory action)
- jarruttelu noun (deliberate delaying of, or reluctance to take, obligatory action)
- vitkastelu noun (deliberate delaying of, or reluctance to take, obligatory action)
Polish
1 entries- celowe opóźnianie noun (deliberate delaying of, or reluctance to take, obligatory action)
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The tactics of pace-setting, foot-dragging, least resistance or fence-sitting could be used either in the making of policy or, later, in its implementation, reflecting types of adaptation[…].
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Once in the classroom, students also employed foot-dragging strategies to slow the transition from the hall state to the student state.
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A Beijing diplomat complained China is "fed up with the footdragging" of Burma's strongman, General Than Shwe, and his inner circle, one of the cables, released by WikiLeaks, reported.
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