Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

drag one's heels

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.75 in modern English

Syllables
drag one's heels
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
1
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Synonym of drag one's feet.

Example Sentences

Inflected Forms

drags one's heels (present, singular) dragging one's heels (participle, present) dragged one's heels (participle, past) dragged one's heels (past)

Synonyms

drag one's feet procrastinate stall shillyshally dilly-dally dillydally

Questions

What does drag one's heels mean?
Synonym of drag one's feet.

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