take one's sweet little time

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take one's sweet little time (third-person singular simple present takes one's sweet little time, present participle taking one's sweet little time, simple past took one's sweet little time, past participle taken one's sweet little time)

  1. (colloquial, idiomatic) To take a very long time; to be too slow or leisurely in getting something done.
    Synonym: take one's sweet time