Verb

• S: (v) linger, dawdle (take one's time; proceed slowly)
• S: (v) dally, dawdle (waste time) "Get busy--don't dally!"
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• derivationally related form
• W: (n) dallier [Related to: dally] (someone who wastes time)
• W: (n) dalliance [Related to: dally] (the deliberate act of delaying and playing instead of working)
• W: (n) dawdler [Related to: dawdle] (someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags behind)
• W: (n) dawdling [Related to: dawdle] (the deliberate act of delaying and playing instead of working)
• sentence frame
• S: (v) lag, dawdle, fall back, fall behind (hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc.)