play for time
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play for time
verb plays for time · playing for time · played for time
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To delay a situation until one is prepared.
Two cheers for that, at best. The original six party talks ran, or rather crawled, from 2003 to 2008. It remains unclear if North Korea was ever serious – or just playing for time while working on HEU.
Similar: buy time
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verb to delay until one is prepared
| Français | jouer la montre |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | Zeit schinden |
| Русский | тяну́ть вре́мя tjanútʹ vrémja, выи́грывать вре́мя vyígryvatʹ vrémja |
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