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dawdle |
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dawdle something away to waste a particular amount of time; to let a period of time slip away, wasted. You didn't finish your work because you dawdled most of your time away. You dawdle away too much time daydreaming. See also: away dawdle about to waste time in a place; to waste time talking idly. Don't dawdle about. Get moving. Tim has been dawdling about all morning. dawdle along to move along slowly and casually. The boys dawdled along on their way to school. We were just dawdling along, talking about life. We didn't know we were late. See also: along dawdle over something to waste time when one should be doing a particular task; to loaf while doing something. Don't dawdle over your hamburger. The lunch period ends in two minutes. Don't dawdle over it. Get it done. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Any plan with any integrity would have to go through serious environmental and economic analysis - not the sort of thing that's likely to be achieved in the next two weeks, least of all by this collection of dawdlers and layabouts. Concerned that a sluggish graduation rate has exacerbated congestion on its 605-acre campus, they have taken action to discourage dawdlers. The stragglers were running to buy tickets (another line), and the real dawdlers hadn't even made it into the parking lot (another line). |
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