scrape through
drag the chain
drag
romp
make heavy weather
slob
scrape
let the grass grow under one's feet
chevy
drag ass
gradually
move forward
ease
limp
one step ahead
slope
toehold
draggy
underperform
trail behind
underachieve
softly, softly, catchee monkey
plodding
underfoot
decrescent
squeak out
embarrass
blockade
block
bubble under
go places
persist
slip through
hinder
get by
obstruct
stymy
stymie
crawl
putt
inch
drivel
onward
eccentricate
turtle
leapfrog
make way
keep pace
progressible
click into gear
pick one's way
trundle along
come to a stop
parade
move slowly
forward
waddle
impede
slither
gradual
get past
squeak through
gradualize
slow down
slow up
slow
go nowhere
march
keep going
climb up
climb
tread softly
advance
backward
go up
push
mount
dwindling
mope
law of diminishing returns
gradualness
come along
mope around
soldier on
rub along
go it
dwindling away
dart about
effectivate
wooze
work
take one's time
hack away
effectivize