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lagadjective following all others of the same kind in order or timewe're now in the lag end of the project bottommost, closing, concluding, final, hindmost, last, latest, latter, rearmost, terminal, terminating, ultimate consequent, ensuing, eventual, following, succeedingconclusive, crowning, decisive, definitivefarthermost, farthest, furthermost, furthest, remotestlowermost, lowest, nethermostendmost, extreme, outermost, outmost, utmostpenultimate beginning, earliest, first, foremost, headmost, inaugural, initial, leadoff, maiden, opening, original, pioneer, primary, starting eminent, premier, superior to lose bodily strength or vigorduring the fourth quarter the whole team seemed to lag decay, droop, emaciate, fade, fail, flag, go, languish, sag, sink, waste (away), weaken, wilt, wither break down, wear outyielddegenerate, deteriorate, rot, run down convalesce, rally, rebound, recover, recuperategain to move or act slowlythe tired puppy was lagging behind the rest of the pack crawl, creep, dally, dawdle, delay, diddle, dillydally, drag, linger, loiter, lollygag(also lallygag), mope, poke, shilly-shally, tarry fiddle (around), fool around, mess around, monkey (around), play, potter (around), putter (around), triflehang (around or out), idle, loaf, loll, loungeamble, ease, inch, lumber, plod, saunter, shuffle, stagger, strolldecelerate, slow (down or up)filibuster, procrastinate, stall, temporize drag one's feet(also drag one's heels), drop behind, fall behind, hang fire, mark time, take one's time barrel, bolt, career, course, dash, fly, hasten, hotfoot (it), hurry, race, rip, rocket, run, rush, scoot, scud, scurry, speed, tear, whirl, whisk, whiz(or whizz), zip bowl, breeze, dart, hump, hurtle, hustle, scramble, stampedegallop, jog, run, sprint, trotaccelerate, quicken, speed (up)catch up, fast-forward, outpace, outrun, outstrip, overtake v.delay, procrastinate, lag, loiter, dawdle, dally mean to move or act slowly so as to fall behind.delay usually implies a putting off of something (such as a beginning or departure).we cannot delay any longer procrastinate implies blameworthy delay especially through laziness or apathy.procrastinates about making decisions lag implies failure to maintain a speed set by others.lagging behind in technology loiter and dawdle imply delay while in progress, especially in walking, but dawdle more clearly suggests an aimless wasting of time.loitered at several store windows children dawdling on their way home from school dally suggests delay through trifling or vacillation when promptness is necessary.stop dallying and get to work in 1514 |