Everyday English
drag your feet
delay doing something
If you drag your feet, you delay taking action because you do not really want to do it.
Hear it in real life
Have you called the landlord yet?
Not yet. I'm dragging my feet because I hate difficult conversations.
I've been dragging my feet about replacing my old laptop.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: I've been dragging my foot about booking the dentist.
Say: I've been dragging my feet about booking the dentist.
The idiom normally uses the plural "feet," even when one person is delaying one decision.
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
drag your feet about something; be dragging your feet over something
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I've been dragging my feet about replacing my old laptop.
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drag your feet
delay doing something
“I've been dragging my feet about replacing my old laptop.”
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