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Procrastinate

verb

(past & past part. procrastinated; pres. part. procrastinating)

Postpone doing what one should be doing. Synonyms: dilly-dally, dillydally, drag one's feet, drag one's heels, shillyshally, stall.

Postpone or delay needlessly.

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"Procrastinate" Quotes from Famous Books

... usual way. The bard wrote acknowledging the letter, but asking for a definite criticism. "I do not think myself a Shakespeare or a Milton, but I KNOW I am better than Mr Coventry Patmore or Mr Austin Dobson." Mr Browning tried to procrastinate: he was already deeply engaged with earlier arrivals of volumes of song. The poet was hurt, not angry; he had expected other things from Mr Browning: HE ought to know his duty to youth. At the intercession of a relation Mr Browning now did his best, and the minstrel, satisfied at ...

— Alfred Tennyson • Andrew Lang

... fixed time. Anything that you should accomplish, do on or ahead of time. You want, of course, to give due deliberation to weighty matters, but by making quick decisions on little things you will acquire the ability to make quick decisions in bigger things. Never procrastinate. Decide quickly one way or the other even at the risk of deciding wrong. Practice this for a week or two and ...

— The Power of Concentration • Theron Q. Dumont

Words linked to "Procrastinate" : delay, procrastinator, procrastination