Temps - Mettre hors

to purposefully act slowly

traîner les pieds, traîner des pieds

in a suspended state to be considered and dealt with in the future

refusal or cancellation of an invitation, offer, or plan with intention of accepting it or doing it at another time instead

reporter de plan, reporté

to put something off in order to gain more time

to keep postponing problems one must deal with

used to refer to something that is temporarily inactive or postponed

to refrain from taking action when one should

used to show indecision over something

to decide to do something that needs to taken care of right now at another time

to try to delay the occurrence of something so that one can prevent it from happening or have more time to properly prepare for it