'V over n' - Construction 9
| Name: | the dawdle over doing something construction |
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| Description: | A person takes a long time to do an action. |
| Verbs: | dally, dawdle, prevaricate, procrastinate, stall |
| Example: | She dawdled over her lunch... (BNC) |
| Membership: | figurative 'over'; action; attitudinal |
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