Usually means: Reluctant to act or change.
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  1. footdragger: Merriam-Webster
  2. footdragger: Collins English Dictionary
  3. footdragger: Wiktionary

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  1. Footdragger: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (footdragger)

▸ noun:  One who deliberately delays obligatory action.

Similar:
foot-dragger, tail dragger, slouch, footler, laggard, plodder, drudger, sluggard, lagger, drug, more...

Opposite:
go-getter, proactive, motivated, ambitious

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Similar:
foot-dragger, tail dragger, slouch, footler, laggard, plodder, drudger, sluggard, lagger, drug, more...

Opposite:
go-getter, proactive, motivated, ambitious



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