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Meaning of "foot-dragging" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF FOOT-DRAGGING

foot-dragging  [ˈfʊtdræɡɪŋ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FOOT-DRAGGING

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Foot-Dragging is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES FOOT-DRAGGING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of foot-dragging in the English dictionary

The definition of foot-dragging in the dictionary is the act or practice of acting with deliberate slowness.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH FOOT-DRAGGING


bagging
ˈbæɡɪŋ
ballyragging
ˈbælɪˌræɡɪŋ
bordraging
ˌbɔːdˈræɡɪŋ
bragging
ˈbræɡɪŋ
brown-bagging
ˌbraʊnˈbæɡɪŋ
carpetbagging
ˈkɑːpɪtˌbæɡɪŋ
dagging
ˈdæɡɪŋ
defragging
ˌdiːˈfræɡɪŋ
dragging
ˈdræɡɪŋ
flagging
ˈflæɡɪŋ
fragging
ˈfræɡɪŋ
lagging
ˈlæɡɪŋ
nagging
ˈnæɡɪŋ
sagging
ˈsæɡɪŋ
sandbagging
ˈsændˌbæɡɪŋ
slagging
ˈslæɡɪŋ
tagging
ˈtæɡɪŋ
unflagging
ʌnˈflæɡɪŋ
updragging
ʌpˈdræɡɪŋ
wigwagging
ˈwɪɡˌwæɡɪŋ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FOOT-DRAGGING

foot patrolman
foot patrolmen
foot rot
foot rule
foot soldier
foot traffic
foot valve
foot-and-mouth
foot-and-mouth disease
foot-candle
foot-lambert
foot-pound
foot-pound-second
foot-pound-second unit
foot-poundal
foot-ton
footage
footbag
football
football game

WORDS THAT END LIKE FOOT-DRAGGING

begging
blogging
bugging
changing
clogging
debugging
dogging
flogging
gagging
hogging
hugging
jigging
jogging
legging
ligging
logging
pegging
plugging
rigging
shagging
tugging

Synonyms and antonyms of foot-dragging in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «foot-dragging» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FOOT-DRAGGING

Find out the translation of foot-dragging to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of foot-dragging from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «foot-dragging» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

拖后腿
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

lentitud
570 millions of speakers

English

foot-dragging
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

पैर खींच
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

التلكؤ
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

затягивание
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

- arrastando pé
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ফুট টেনে
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

traîner les pieds
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Menyeret kaki
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

schlepp
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

遅滞
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

피트 드래그
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Sikil nyeret
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

chân - kéo
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கால் இழுப்பு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पाय-ड्रॅगिंग
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

ayak sürükleyerek
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

piedi trascinando
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

ociągają
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

затягування
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

- glisarea picior
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

κωλυσιεργία
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

voet - sleep
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

mul - dra
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

trene
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of foot-dragging

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FOOT-DRAGGING»

The term «foot-dragging» is regularly used and occupies the 85.705 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FOOT-DRAGGING» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «foot-dragging» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «foot-dragging» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about foot-dragging

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FOOT-DRAGGING»

Discover the use of foot-dragging in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to foot-dragging and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Ready for the Day!: A Tale of Teamwork and Toast, and Hardly ...
With honesty and gentle humor, this book shows parents how to handle the morning routine (and other daily transitions) by giving encouragement, offering choices, and validating feelings.
Stacey R. Kaye, 2008
2
Environmental Policy in the European Union: Actors, ...
10. Pace-setting,. Foot-dragging. and. Fence-sitting: Member. State. Responses. to. Europeanization. Tanja. A. Börzel. Introduction. Europeanization is a two-way process. It entails a 'bottom-up' and a 'top-down' dimension. The former ...
Andrew Jordan, 2012
3
Idioms in the News - 1,000 Phrases, Real Examples
foot-dragging. France and Britain had been calling for a no-fly zone for two weeks , he said Wednesday, but other nations dragged their feet. —The New York Times (3/18/2011) Both governments have persistently dragged their feet on reform ...
Peter Bengelsdorf
4
Norway Outside the European Union: Norway and European ...
Borzel (2002: 194—5) outlines three ways in which EU states have responded to Europeanization in both the decisionmaking and implementation stages of the policy process — by pace-setting, by foot-dragging and by fence-sitting.
Clive Archer, 2004
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Prelude to a Super Airplane
A STEP...and the FOOT DRAGGING behind... His father kept going – this was all that was happening in the story, and the boy who would become Colonel T couldn't help but notice that his father's dialog was in exact sync with the very thing in ...
Brian Spaeth, 2008
6
EU Foreign Policy and Post-Soviet Conflicts: Stealth ...
Carousel foot-dragging Few brakemen want to be seen as persistently delaying greater EU intervention in its neighbourhood. Thus states tended to delay or block EU initiatives on intervention in conflict-settlement processes in the post- Soviet ...
Nicu Popescu, 2010
7
Natural Therapies for Symptoms of Parkinson's Disease:
As a soccer Mom, Pamela Quinn invented a solution to her foot dragging which works beautifully for her. She puts a soccer ball inside a plastic grocery bag and proceeds to kick the ball with her lazy leg. After helping the body to renew the ...
Robert Rodgers, PhD, 2014
8
The Manyosu
(2) In the (dew)-drops of the (1) (Foot-dragging) (2) mountains (4) I have got wet, remaining standing there (3) in order to wait for you, my love; (5) O, in the (falling) drops of the mountain-(trees) ! General Remarks. Prince Ovotsu, (663—686), ...
Jan Lodewijk Pierson (Jr. 1893-), 1929
9
Handbook of Military Administration
On the grander scale then, foot dragging is not a sign of an imminent coup. On a smaller scale, however, it can hamper an administration's short-term policy. The drawback found in foot dragging was perhaps most perceptible in the short war ...
Jeffrey A. Weber, Johan Eliasson, 2007
10
Transcript from the national hearing on the Federal ...
There has been a tremendous amount of foot- dragging at the Federal level in issuing leases for development, but there is not a tremendous amount— there isn 't any foot-dragging at the local county level. We issue land-use permits without ...
United States. Environmental Protection Agency. Office of Environmental Engineering and Technology, 1980

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FOOT-DRAGGING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term foot-dragging is used in the context of the following news items.
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Hundreds attend prayer rally for missing Zimbabwean activist …
HARARE, Zimbabwe — Church leaders and opposition politicians on Saturday accused the Zimbabwean government of foot-dragging in the ... «Boston Herald, Jul 15»
2
Three things that make me mad: Pape
Bank foot-dragging. Last April, federal finance minister Joe Oliver announced in the budget that the minimum withdrawal rates for registered ... «Toronto Star, Jul 15»
3
Now for the hard part, Mr Tsipras, ST Editorial News & Top Stories …
... penchant for foot-dragging drama. Europe's harshest critics would say EU creditors shouldn't complain as the writing was on the wall in 2004, ... «The Straits Times, Jul 15»
4
Hillary's email questions linger | TribLIVE
The first possibility is entirely consistent with State Department foot-dragging on Benghazi that has been going on from the beginning. «Tribune-Review, Jul 15»
5
Still “civilizing the electronic frontier”: EFF marks 25 years of activism …
The government's foot-dragging techniques have been successful. It was that litigation campaign that I think helped spur Mr. Snowden into ... «Ars Technica UK, Jul 15»
6
American Samoa Remains Lone Holdout Over U.S. Marriage …
LGBT advocates wait to see if any same-sex couple will come forward to challenge the U.S. territory's legal foot-dragging. «Advocate.com, Jul 15»
7
Editorial: Hits and Misses
At first, South Carolina Republican lawmaker Jenny Horne calmly told her colleagues that she was fed up with their foot-dragging on a vote to ... «Dallas Morning News, Jul 15»
8
India-Pakistan Tensions Ease After Talks - VOA
The two sides also discussed the primary issue that has strained ties: India's accusations of Pakistani foot-dragging on bringing justice to those ... «Voice of America, Jul 15»
9
On the Fast Lane of Malawi - Govt Should Do More to Restore Donor …
For me, the problem is foot-dragging on the part of government. It does not require rocket science for one to see the mess in government's ... «AllAfrica.com, Jul 15»
10
We must fight watering down of Freedom of Information Act
But it has also uncovered the scandal of the foot-dragging, obfuscation and apparent downright refusal of the Office of the First Minister and ... «Belfast Telegraph, Jul 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Foot-Dragging [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/foot-dragging>. May 2024 ».
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