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foot-dragging
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foot-dragĀ·ging (ftdrgng)
n.
Failure to take prompt or required action: "The inquiry should be thorough and objective, while working fast enough to avoid any suspicion of foot-dragging" (Economist).

foot-dragger n.


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A bipartisan coalition of leaders in Massachusetts has shown the nation that we don't need to wait for the foot-draggers in Washington to come up with solutions to our health care crises of rising prices and shrinking coverage.
The Leapfrog Group will be "focusing on the enlightened and worrying less about the foot-draggers.
While the Legislature is dominated by the same collection of foot-draggers, at least some leaders of both parties have heard the message of recall and now work with Schwarzenegger toward implementing workable solutions.
 
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