Meaning of take one's sweet time | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To take a very long time; to be too slow or leisurely in getting something done.
   colloquial
2. To waste one's own time.
   Malaysia, Singapore, colloquial

Examples

“It had been almost a year since Brother Steve had left, and they'd been stuck with one substitute after another while the bishop took his sweet time finding a permanent replacement. Lindsay just hoped the wait would be worth it.”

“You took your sweet time And I waited by without complaint 'Til all the pipe dreams made me insane”

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