procrastinate (v)
stall (v)
drag one's feet (v)
drag one's heels (v)
shillyshally#2 (v)
dilly-dally (v)
dillydally (v)

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type v
lex_filenum 42
def postpone doing what one should be doing
examples He did not want to write the letter and procrastinated for days
Frame - 2 Somebody ----s
Outgoing links
Hypernym delay
Derivationally related form dillydally → dillydallier
Derivationally related form shillyshally → shillyshally
Derivationally related form stall → stall
Derivationally related form procrastinate → procrastination; procrastinate → procrastinator
Hyponym procrastinate
Incoming links
Derivationally related form shillyshally → shillyshally
Derivationally related form procrastination → procrastinate; procrastinator → procrastinate
Derivationally related form stall → stall
Derivationally related form dillydallier → dillydally
Hyponym delay
Hypernym procrastinate

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