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drag one's heels
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Princeton's WordNet
procrastinate, stall, drag one's feet, drag one's heels, shillyshally, dilly-dally, dillydallyverb
postpone doing what one should be doing
"He did not want to write the letter and procrastinated for days"
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drag one's heels
To drag one's heels means to deliberately slow down or delay a process or action, often out of reluctance or resistance.
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of drag one's heels in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of drag one's heels in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
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