doss around
also doss about UK— phrasal verb with doss uk/dɒs/us/dɑːs/verb [ I usually + adv/prep ] UK slang
to spend your time doing very little:
Come on, Peter, stop dossing around and get some work done.
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Avoiding action
- avoid
- avoid sth like the plague idiom
- avoidance
- bottle
- bottle out
- flinch from sth/doing sth
- fudge
- get out of sth
- get round sth
- get-out clause
- insure
- shrink
- sit on your arse idiom
- skip out on sb/sth
- stand around
- stand by
- stand round
- steer
- welch
- welsh
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