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ado
back
busywork
buy
buy timeidiom
carry
carrysomethingover
dally
dawdle
defer
deferment
delay
delayed
delaying tactics
detain
dilatory
dilly-dally
fire
get
get behind
gridlock
gridlocked
hang/hold fireidiom
hold
hold back
hold off
hold onidiom
holdsomethingover
hold up
ice
inefficiency
inefficiently
keep
kick
kicksomethinginto the long grassidiom
kick the can down the roadidiom
lag
mothball
never put off until tomorrow what you can do todayidiom