Đồng nghĩa của kicking the can down the road

Danh từ

An action such as prolonged speaking which obstructs progress in a legislative assembly in a way that does not technically contravene the required procedures

Động từ

Present participle for gain or make time
temporising temporizing delaying equivocating procrastinating stalling tergiversating hesitating playing for time prevaricating baulking balking deferring hedging paltering tarrying beating about the bush gaining time hanging back humming and hawing avoiding committing oneself playing a waiting game putting off using delaying tactics avoiding making a decision stalling for time taking your time using Fabian tactics dithering postponing hanging fire dragging your feet stonewalling filibustering diverting distracting holding back buying time beating around the bush taking one's time holding over avoiding the issue dallying dawdling retarding protracting prolonging wavering adjourning havering vacillating goldbricking lagging cooling swithering waiting poking staying dragging loitering pausing lingering dilly-dallying shilly-shallying deferring action letting something slide taking a raincheck holding off dragging your heels putting off doing something suspending action postponing action fluctuating faltering hanging around blowing hot and cold halting staggering pussyfooting around oscillating hanging about wasting time thinking twice sitting on the fence stopping scrupling balancing yo-yoing teetering getting cold feet trifling dillydallying wabbling wobbling diddling moping lollygagging crawling creeping lallygagging killing time marking time hanging on staying put hemming and hawing idling holding on pottering sitting tight remaining trembling swaying whiling away time plodding trailing deliberating pottering about pottering around pottering round waiting around getting no place fast hanging round hanging out resting warming a chair see-sawing faffing about penelopizing ceasing discontinuing biding using dilatory tactics messing around umming and ahing dodging flickering slow-walking varying putting on the back burner quivering loafing changing trimming waffling shuddering tailing tooling losing time stopping over goofing around lodging holding the phone sauntering diddle-daddling toddling running hot and cold whiffling waffling staying behind sticking around frittering time away tumbling fooling around sitting on one's butt frittering away scrounging around shlepping along bumming around sitting around straggling bobbling quavering reeling rolling lurching adopting Fabian tactics ambling puttering tottering moving slowly taking a break having a breather calling time changing mind goofing off lagging behind falling behind horsing around stopping briefly taking a breather holding your horses holding your fire taking ten taking five

Trái nghĩa của kicking the can down the road

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