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  • 71mope — Synonyms and related words: ache, agonize, amble, bitch, bleed, brood, brood over, brooder, clock watcher, dallier, dawdle, dawdler, depressive, despond, diddler, dillydallier, do nothing, dolittle, doodler, drift, faineant, fret, gentleman of… …

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  • 72piddle — Synonyms and related words: beguile the time, burn daylight, consume time, coquet, dabble, dally, dawdle, diddle, dillydally, doodle, fiddle, fiddle with, fiddle faddle, fidget with, finger with, flirt, fool, fool around, fool with, footle,… …

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  • 73poke — Synonyms and related words: Roman candle, aid to navigation, alarm, amber light, amble, arouse, assault, awaken, bag, balefire, balloon, bang, bash, bat, beacon, beacon fire, bear, bear upon, bearing, beat the bushes, beat the drum, beating,… …

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  • 74sit tight — Synonyms and related words: abide, await, be incognito, bide, bide the issue, burrow, dally, dawdle, delay, dillydally, disappear, drop from sight, go into hiding, go to ground, go underground, hang about, hang around, hide, hide away, hide out,… …

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  • 75trail — Synonyms and related words: afterclap, aftercrop, aftereffect, afterglow, aftergrowth, afterimage, aftermath, afterpart, afterpiece, aftertaste, alameda, aroma, attend, back, back up, bag, beat, beaten path, beaten track, bedog, berm, bicycle… …

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  • 76waste time — Synonyms and related words: beguile the time, burn daylight, consume time, dabble, dally, dawdle, delay, diddle, dillydally, doodle, drag, falter, flag, footle, fribble, fritter away time, goof off, halt, kill time, lag, linger, loiter, lollygag …

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  • 77inactivity — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Lack of action Nouns 1. inactivity; inaction; inertness; lull, cessation (see repose); idleness, sloth, laziness, indolence, vegetation; unemployment, dilatoriness, dawdling; malingering; passiveness,… …

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  • 78trifle — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. bagatelle, nothing, triviality; gewgaw, trinket, knickknack, gimcrack; particle, bit, morsel, trace. See littleness, unimportance. v. i. toy, play, dally, fool. See neglect. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A… …

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  • 79dillydally — v. n. Loiter, linger, delay, lag, saunter, trifle, dally, dawdle, idle away time …

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  • 80drift — 1. verb 1) his raft drifted down the river Syn: be carried, be borne; float, bob, waft, meander 2) the guests drifted away Syn: wander, meander, stray, putter, dawdle 3) …

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