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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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- take over
- take to
- tie up
- track down
- zip up
- back to square one
- bad for you
- be-all and end-all
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- eat one's words
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- family jewels
- give somebody an earful
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- on thin ice
- piss up a rope
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