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procrastinate

 
 
/prəʊˈkræstɪneɪt/ verb [I] formal

Translation

to wait a long time before doing something that you must do
bir eylemi uyumaya bırakmak; bekletmek/beklemek; sümen altı etmek; (argo) bir horoz ötüm süresi beklemek/bekletmek
I know I've got to deal with the problem at some point - I'm just procrastinating.1559
(Definition of procrastinate verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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