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- noun Alternative spelling of
foot-dragging .
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Examples
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"footdragging" by the PWV health department appeared to have led to a delay in accessing R100 million from the national
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According to Kelley, this most often involved “evasive, day-to-day strategies: from footdragging to sabotage, theft at the workplace to absenteeism, cursing and graffiti.”
A Renegade History of the United States Thaddeus Russell 2010
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Keep on the footdragging that prevents effective qualitative and quantitative monetary policy easing in the Eurozone and the UK.
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Is that footdragging characteristic of someone who wants to fix a problem?
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The comments referred to China's footdragging in endorsing efforts to establish a global partnership for development with common principles led by the OECD, the club of traditional donors that account for $122bn in aid, or 80% of total aid.
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This is particularly important given the footdragging we are seeing on Wall Street and in DC.
This Month's Book Club Pick: The Road From Ruin Charts the Path to Capitalism 2.0 2010
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This is particularly important given the footdragging we are seeing on Wall Street and in DC.
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Zapata, angry with Madero's footdragging over land reform, broke with him even before his inauguration.
The Mexican Revolution: a nation in flux - part 1 (1910-20) 2008
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I've been resisting calling their delays in getting a better recovery system installed footdragging, but I now believe that's exactly what they're doing.
Robert L. Cavnar: BP's Incentive: To Not Capture All the Oil 2010
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I've been resisting calling their delays in getting a better recovery system installed footdragging, but I now believe that's exactly what they're doing.
Robert L. Cavnar: BP's Incentive: To Not Capture All the Oil 2010
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