procrastinate

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verb

1. postpone doing what one should be doing (Freq. 1)
- He did not want to write the letter and procrastinated for days
• Syn:
stall, drag one's feet, drag one's heels, shillyshally, dilly-dally, dillydally
• Derivationally related forms:
dillydallier (for: dillydally), shillyshally (for: shillyshally), stall (for: stall), procrastination, procrastinator
• Hypernyms:
delay
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- They procrastinate a long time
2. postpone or delay needlessly
- He procrastinated the matter until it was almost too late
• Derivationally related forms:
procrastination
• Hypernyms:
stall, drag one's feet, drag one's heels, shillyshally, dilly-dally,
dillydally, delay
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  stall, drag one's feet, drag one's heels, shillyshally, dilly-dally, dillydally