can-kicking

Examples

• All

• My view is that Congress, the masters of all can-kicking and postponing, will do what it does best, and essentially the fiscal cliff will end up being a non-event.

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• If recent history has taught anything, it is precisely that can-kicking can go on many, many times longer than the doomsayers can even imagine.

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• We have reached the end of the road where there is no more path left for can-kicking.

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• This is just some more can-kicking.

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• Only $1T debt to get 1 year of can-kicking seems like a cheap price.

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• There will be a huge build-up about the catastrophic consequences, followed by a can-kicking semi-plan to not solve the problem but to keep us all dependent on these "leaders" to come up with some future plan.

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• Avoiding the issue through constant can-kicking will only lead to bigger problems later.

• The team's can-kicking about the project deadlines has made everyone frustrated.

• Their repeated can-kicking on important decisions shows a lack of commitment to progress.

Synonyms

S

stalling

vscan-kicking

7 6.3

Delaying something on purpose to gain time or avoid a decision

deliberately postpones the issue for later rather than using misleading tactics

Antonyms

A

to address

∞ 3.6

To deal with a subject in speech or writing

T

to tackle

204 3.4

To try to deal with a difficult problem or task

How Avoidant

procrastination

21 4.8

can-kicking

• Literature

1 9.5

to delay

562 1.4

to take action

161 2.8

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