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Synonyms of straggle in English:

straggle


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verb

1‘a few of the men were straggling some half a mile behind the rest’

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trail, lag, dawdle, amble, wander, walk slowly, meander, drift
fall behind, bring up the rear
be strung out

2‘his thin grey hair straggled over the collar of his coat’

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grow untidily, be messy, be dishevelled, be unkempt

3‘copses of beech and alder straggled along the banks’

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spread irregularly, sprawl, be scattered, be dispersed