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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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- gunk up
- plug away
- polish off
- put on
- read out
- run through
- stand up
- throw out
- zero in on
- above board
- as all get-out
- blow off steam
- call it a day
- cherry-pick
- chip off the old block
- deafening silence
- get a handle on
- get into trouble
- get the ball rolling
- give birth
- give it one's best shot
- go on the rampage
- hang a ralph
- in layman's terms
- in touch
- kick ass
- lion
- low-hanging fruit
- no joy
- not half bad
- odds and ends
- off the bat
- on board
- on steroids
- on the right track
- on thin ice
- one of those days
- out of line
- out of order
- over and over
- over one's head
- play one's cards right
- quarter past
- red letter day
- right on
- rough around the edges
- run out of steam
- seat-of-the-pants
- shore up
- spin one's wheels
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- stem the tide
- sure enough
- that does it
- be-all, end-all
- thumbs up
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- under one's thumb
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