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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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Along the way he talks of bureaucratic foot-dragging demoralization of the design team, and design mistakes that hampered the mechanical systems.
We still see a deal, but the foot-dragging is narrowing the window of opportunity.
In clear and fast-paced prose, the author recounts a story that is a vital part of the history of American justice realized in the face of governmental foot-dragging.
 
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