drag one’s feet—(also: drag one’s heels) delay doing smth. or doing it very slowly:
- It’s quite clear that the Government have been dragging their feet over this bill.
drag one’s foot—let one’s foot touch the ground and be pulled along as one moves:
- George limped back toward the cabin, dragging his foot along the ground.
Note: The expression does not correlate in meaning with the nominal compound foot-dragging—deliberate slowness or delay:
- Parliamentarians again expressed concern over foot-dragging on legislative changes.
See also: pull foot / pull someone’s leg.