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What does foot-dragging mean?

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Noun
  1. The deliberate delaying of obligatory action.
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He had a reputation among Washington insiders for being prickly, abrasive, brash, impatient, and intolerant of bureaucratic foot-dragging.
Bureaucratic foot-dragging delayed the formal opening of an investigation for months.
There are many livestock owners here, and all are not happy with authorities' foot-dragging in addressing our concerns.
In a service business like air travel, surly ticket agents or foot-dragging mechanics who delay a flight can send customers fleeing.
After years of foot-dragging and political interference, Japan is finally moving to clear its books of bad loans, while China has barely begun.
Bureaucratic foot-dragging is a big reason behind the lack of low-cost housing, many activists say, and the St-Malo saga is just another example.

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