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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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- tip off
- turn back
- ward off
- zero in on
- ace in the hole
- baggage
- bright line
- catch-as-catch-can
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- give birth
- go red
- hammer home
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- heebie-jeebies
- hustle and bustle
- if only
- in order
- jump the gun
- kindred spirit
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- light a fire under
- lower the boom
- lucky break
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- move heaven and earth
- not half bad
- nugget of truth
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