foot-dragging

foot-drag·ging

(fo͝ot′drăg′ĭng)n. Failure to take prompt or required action: "The inquiry should be thorough and objective, while working fast enough to avoid any suspicion of foot-dragging" (Economist).
foot′-drag′ger n.

foot′-drag`ging

or foot′drag`ging,



n. reluctance or failure to proceed or act promptly. [1945–50]