Synset:dilly-dally dillydally drag one's feet procrastinate shillyshally stall
Examples:
- He did not want to write the letter and procrastinated for days
Derivationally Related Form:dillydalliershillyshallyprocrastinationprocrastinatorstall
Hypernyms:delay
Inherited Hypernyms:procrastinatedelaywaitact
Direct Hyponyms:procrastinate
Full Troponyms:procrastinate
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s | They --- the cape (apply to: dilly-dally) | They --- a long time (apply to: procrastinate, stall)