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To dawdle; to engage in idle activity or inactivity.
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He sat there goofing off all day instead of working.
Submitted on June 04, 2010
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- keep up
- look on
- pick up
- put down
- put off
- run after
- speak out
- split up
- step down
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- wear down
- zoom down
- answer on a postcard
- at will
- back to square one
- bear in mind
- brush up
- catch flies
- common-or-garden
- curveball
- fear
- fly off the handle
- get a jump on
- get off
- give in
- grunt work
- half a mind
- hang out one's shingle
- have a heart
- hustle and bustle
- in touch
- jump at the chance
- keep quiet
- make an honest woman
- make headway
- no frills
- nugget of truth
- on board
- on top of the world
- out of character
- out of the blue
- pardon my french
- party pooper
- pay for it
- piece of cake
- piss up a rope
- raise a stink
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- save face
- see someone through
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- under one's thumb
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