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Malinger, informally (5,3,4)

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I believe the answer is:

swing the lead

(Other definitions for swing the lead that I've seen before include "slack" , "Make excuses to get out of doing something" , "Invent specious excuses to evade duties" , "Malinger -- make excuses" , "as a carefree dog walker might?" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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