Example
“The board just sat on its hands while the company lost money.”
Dictionary details
Related idioms
Expressions connected by reviewed component words or topic tags.
better late than never
Neutral · CEFR A2
Doing something after a delay is better than not doing it at all.
hang on a minute
Informal · CEFR A2
used to ask someone to wait, or to express surprise or objection
sleep on it
Neutral · CEFR B1
to delay a decision until the next day
buy time
Neutral · CEFR B2
to create a delay that provides extra time to prepare or decide
drag one's feet
Informal · CEFR B2
to do something slowly or delay because you don't want to do it
on the back burner
Informal · CEFR B2
given low priority and left for later
Source methodology
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