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The deliberate delaying of obligatory action.

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foot-dragging

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Source Word

foot-dragging

uncountable usually

The deliberate delaying of obligatory action.

Japanese Meaning

必須行動を意図的に遅延させること、またはそれによる遅延状態。 / 必要な行動を故意に先送り、引き延ばす行為。

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The committee's foot-dragging on approving the safety regulations put employees at risk.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

委員会による安全規則承認の故意の先延ばしが従業員を危険にさらした。

Sense（1）

The deliberate delaying of obligatory action.

I am glad to be able to say that common honesty, or some shadowy simulacrum of it, revived presently and sent me back to the hotel, though not without terrible foot-draggings, you may be sure.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

foot-draggings

（ plural ）

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