" drag one's feet "

1: to move or act slowly;

  * e.g., " ... I think she's dragging her feet on the project because she thinks it's not worth the effort. "

•  Synonyms : 

•  crawl,

•  creep,

•  dally,

•  dawdle,

•  delay,

•  diddle,

•  dillydally,

•  drag,

•  lag,

•  linger,

•  loiter,

•  lollygag,

•  mope,

•  poke,

•  shilly-shally,

•  tarry

•  Antonyms : 

•  barrel,

•  bolt,

•  career,

•  course,

•  dash,

•  fly,

•  hasten,

•  hotfoot (it),

•  hurry,

•  race,

•  rip,

•  rocket,

•  run,

•  rush,

•  scoot,

•  scud,

•  scurry,

•  speed,

•  tear,

•  whirl,

•  whisk,

•  whiz,

•  zip

1: to cause to follow by applying steady force on;

  * e.g., " ... the deliveryman dragged the barrels over against the wall "

•  Synonyms : 

•  draw,

•  hale,

•  haul,

•  lug,

•  pull,

•  tow,

•  tug

•  Antonyms : 

•  drive,

•  propel,

•  push

2: to move or act slowly;

  * e.g., " ... one of the climbers was beginning to drag "

•  Synonyms : 

•  crawl,

•  creep,

•  dally,

•  dawdle,

•  delay,

•  diddle,

•  dillydally,

•  lag,

•  linger,

•  loiter,

•  lollygag,

•  mope,

•  poke,

•  shilly-shally,

•  tarry

•  Antonyms : 

•  barrel,

•  bolt,

•  career,

•  course,

•  dash,

•  fly,

•  hasten,

•  hotfoot (it),

•  hurry,

•  race,

•  rip,

•  rocket,

•  run,

•  rush,

•  scoot,

•  scud,

•  scurry,

•  speed,

•  tear,

•  whirl,

•  whisk,

•  whiz,

•  zip

3: to move slowly;

  * e.g., " ... the play dragged and seemed to take forever to get to its predictable conclusion "

•  Synonyms : 

•  crawl,

•  creak (along),

•  creep,

•  inch,

•  limp,

•  nose,

•  ooze,

•  plod,

•  poke,

•  slouch,

•  snail

•  Antonyms : 

•  fly,

•  race,

•  speed,

•  whiz,

•  zip

1: to make longer;

  * e.g., " ... pointless questions that merely dragged out the meeting another hour "

•  Synonyms : 

•  draw out,

•  elongate,

•  extend,

•  lengthen,

•  outstretch,

•  prolong,

•  protract,

•  stretch

•  Antonyms : 

•  abbreviate,

•  abridge,

•  curtail,

•  cut,

•  cut back,

•  shorten