act later than planned, scheduled, or required
<verb.stative>
freq. cnt.: 6
freq. cnt.: 6
sample sentences
"Don't delay your application to graduate school or else it won't be considered"
verb frames
Somebody ----s something
They %s a long time
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
hyponym
pause, hesitate
stall, drag one's feet, procrastinate, drag one's heels, shillyshally, dilly-dally, dillydally
procrastinate
postpone, defer, shelve, set back, put off, prorogue, hold over, put over, table, remit
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