- drag your heels
- drag (your/its) heels
to do something slowly because you do not want to do it.
When they told us they wanted to put computers in our classrooms, we dragged our heels a little bit.
New idioms dictionary. 2014.
drag your heels
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drag your heels — drag your feet/heels/ phrase to do something very slowly because you do not really want to do it Thesaurus: to do something slowlysynonym Main entry: drag * * * drag your heels see ↑drag … Useful english dictionary
drag your heels — 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 … The small dictionary of idiomes
drag your heels — 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. (Dorking School Dictionary) … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
drag your heels — drag (your) feet/heels to deal with something slowly because you do not really want to do it. He was asked why the government had dragged its feet on the question of a single European currency. (often + on) We don t want to look as if we re… … New idioms dictionary
drag your feet — drag your feet/heels/ phrase to do something very slowly because you do not really want to do it Thesaurus: to do something slowlysynonym Main entry: drag * * * drag your feet (also drag your heels) … Useful english dictionary
drag its heels — drag (your/its) heels to do something slowly because you do not want to do it. When they told us they wanted to put computers in our classrooms, we dragged our heels a little bit … New idioms dictionary
drag your feet — drag (your) feet/heels to deal with something slowly because you do not really want to do it. He was asked why the government had dragged its feet on the question of a single European currency. (often + on) We don t want to look as if we re… … New idioms dictionary
drag — [[t]dræ̱g[/t]] ♦♦♦ drags, dragging, dragged 1) VERB If you drag something, you pull it along the ground, often with difficulty. [V n prep/adv] He got up and dragged his chair towards the table. 2) VERB If someone drags you somewhere, they pull… … English dictionary
drag heels — drag (your) feet/heels to deal with something slowly because you do not really want to do it. He was asked why the government had dragged its feet on the question of a single European currency. (often + on) We don t want to look as if we re… … New idioms dictionary
drag heels — drag (your/its) heels to do something slowly because you do not want to do it. When they told us they wanted to put computers in our classrooms, we dragged our heels a little bit … New idioms dictionary
