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  1. drag your heels/feet. idiom. Add to word list. to do something slowly because you do not want to do it: I suspect the management is dragging its heels on this issue. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Unwilling and reluctant. arsed. balk.

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      DRAG YOUR HEELS/FEET meaning: 1. to do something slowly...

  2. Literally, to not completely pick up one's feet when walking, so that they drag with each step. Please stop dragging your feet, you're going to wear out the soles of your shoes. Now that my toddler can walk, she'll either run at full speed or drag her feet—there is no speed in between.

  3. If you drag your heels, you either delay doing something or do it as slowly as possible because you don't want to do it.

  4. drag (one's) heels To move slowly and reluctantly because one does not want to do something. We can't be late for the dentist, so quit dragging your heels and get in the car!

  5. 1. To pull along with difficulty or effort; haul: dragged the heavy box out of the way. See Synonyms at pull. 2. To cause to trail along a surface, especially the ground: Don't drag your coat in the mud. 3. Computers. a. To move (a pointing device, such as a mouse) while pressing down on one of its buttons. b.

  6. to do something slowly because you do not want to do it. act reluctantly or without enthusiasm. postpone doing what one should be doing. act or work with intentional slowness; deliberately hold back or delay. Example Sentences. I suspect the government is dragging its heels over this issue.

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  8. drag your feet/heels meaning, definition, what is drag your feet/heels: to take too much time to do something be...: Learn more.

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