verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
over
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She dawdled over her lunch, spinning out the minutes until she would see him.
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Don't you dawdle over your breakfast then, not if you intend to make yourself useful.
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Holidaymakers were dawdling over hotel breakfasts and asking themselves whether today would bring a repeat of yesterday's sunshine.
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Amused by her burgeoning vanity, she dawdled over the unpacking to give Mrs Wallington plenty of unencumbered time with her son.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Hurry up! Quit dawdling!
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I can't see why those guys in the office are dawdling over this.
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We'll never get all the shopping done today if you dawdle like this.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A child is waiting for a ride even as we dawdle at the gas station.
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He dawdled, afraid to say no or resist her or speak his mind.
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However, it would not do to dawdle .
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I was dawdling over dessert, still killing time, when an old friend, Rose Dikas, slid into my booth.
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She dawdled over her lunch, spinning out the minutes until she would see him.
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Suddenly conscious that he was flashing past vehicles which appeared to be dawdling, he glanced at the speedometer.
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When she finally dawdled into the kitchen for lunch, she brought a strong waft of cigarette smoke with her.