drag feet

drag your/its feet

to do something slowly because you do not want to do it drag your/its heels He knows he should make a decision, but he's dragging his feet.

drag your feet/heels

to deal with something slowly because you do not really want to do it (often + on ) He was asked why the government had dragged its feet on the question of a single European currency. (often + over ) We don't want to look as if we're dragging our heels over promoting women to senior positions.

See drag over the coals

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Marco	MAHR-ko (Italian, Spanish, Dutch)	Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, German, Dutch
Charlene	shahr-LEEN, chahr-LEEN	English
Eszter	ES-ter	Hungarian
AndrÁS	AWN-drahsh	Hungarian
Victoria	vik-TAWR-ee-ə (English), vik-TO-ree-ah (German)	English, Spanish, Romanian, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Late Roman, Roman Mythology
Hrothgar	-	Anglo-Saxon (Latinized)