You don't want ol' smitty there on your team, he's a real half-stepper.
Dictionary of american slang with examples. .
half-stepper — Somebody who doesn t quite finish their work, or tries to take a lot of shortcuts that cheapens the quaility of the work. Another term for slacker (actually a slang military word). You don t want ol smitty there on your team, he s a real half… … Dictionary of american slang
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