- play for time
- (to delay an action, decision etc in the hope that conditions will improve.) tefja tímann
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play for time — If you play for time, you delay something because because you are not ready or need more time to thing about it. Eg. I knew I had to play for time until the police arrived … The small dictionary of idiomes
play for time — index procrastinate Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
play for time — If you play for time, you try to delay or prevent something from happening in order to gain an advantage. He decided to play for time in the hope that the price would decrease … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
play for time — to try to delay something so that you have more time to prepare for it. We can t sign the agreement yet we ll have to play for time … New idioms dictionary
play for time — to deliberately delay doing something, or to do it more slowly than usual, so that you have more time to decide what to do I just have to make a phone call first, she said, playing for time … English dictionary
play for time — Nesmith s opponents accused him of playing for time in order to pull an election year coup Syn: stall, temporize, delay, hold back, hang fire, procrastinate, drag one s feet … Thesaurus of popular words
play for time — use specious excuses or unnecessary manoeuvres to gain time. → play … English new terms dictionary
play for time — attempt to gain extra time … English contemporary dictionary
play for time — idi to forestall an event or decision … From formal English to slang
Play for Today — was a British television anthology drama series, produced by the BBC and transmitted on BBC1 from 1970 to 1984. Over three hundred original plays, most between an hour and ninety minutes in length, were transmitted during the fourteen year period … Wikipedia
Play for Blood — is a one act play written by Kevin V. Smith. It tells the story of a family of women living in Russia at the time of the Crimean War.Production History Play for Blood was first performed at Loyola University New Orleans in April 2006 as part of… … Wikipedia
