drag one's feet

Also, drag one's heels. Act or work with intentional slowness, deliberately hold back or delay. For example, The British had been dragging their feet concerning a single European currency. This metaphor for allowing one's feet to trail dates from the mid-1900s.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Mustapha	-	Arabic
Mile	MEE-le (Croatian, Serbian)	Croatian, Serbian, Macedonian
Dilwen	-	Welsh
Cyprian	SIP-ree-ən (English)	History
Cruzita	kroo-THEE-tah (Spanish), kroo-SEE-tah (Latin American Spanish)	Spanish
Velvel	-	Yiddish