Drag your Feet
What it means
Delay something on purpose while appearing to be getting on with it.
Where it comes from
It describes a body that has not agreed with the decision its owner announced. Industrial disputes have a formal version, the go slow, where work continues at a pace that technically counts as working.
The puzzle it came from
Drag your Feet was the answer to the Phrasicle of October 29, 2025. The clue read ____ your ____, and the words came out of a grid where every neighbouring pair makes a two-word phrase.
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foot
traffic
jam
session
time
thin
ice
cold
feet
first
air
drag
race
car
wash
pop
music
note
book
report
Phrasicle: Drag your Feet