drags one's feet (verb) elongate: make longer
Sinonime: accost,
address, apostrophize, buttonhole, chew out,
declaim,
exhort, get on a soapbox, go on about, hold forth, orate, perorate,
rant,
rave, soapbox, spiel*, spout, stump, talk to, yell at
Antonime: constrict,
contract, shorten