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What is another word for
play for time
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To delay a situation until one is prepared
To slow the growth or progress of, or to keep under control
Verb
▲
To delay a situation until one is prepared
delay
gain time
hang back
hang fire
hold back
procrastinate
stall
temporise
UK
temporize
US
dither
equivocate
filibuster
hedge
hesitate
prevaricate
put off
stonewall
use delaying tactics
beat about the bush
kick the can down the road
tarry
dally
be indecisive
hum and haw
play a waiting game
lag
drag your feet
take your time
defer
linger
loiter
dawdle
drag
dilly-dally
wait
vacillate
shilly-shally
put off doing something
poke
pause
waste time
drag one's feet
buy time
drag your heels
use dilatory tactics
put something on the back burner
tergiversate
be evasive
palter
balk
US
baulk
UK
hang on
goof off
take one's time
kill time
horse around
hang about
straggle
mope
amble
lollygag
stagger
lallygag
diddle
totter
stay put
putter
dillydally
potter round
potter around
crawl
creep
potter about
hang around
not keep pace
be slow
mark time
lag behind
let the grass grow under one's feet
wait around
idle
plod
while away time
fall behind
avoid committing oneself
use Fabian tactics
stall for time
avoid making a decision
obstruct
speak on and on
hinder
block
talk at length
talk on and on
speak at length
speechify
prevent
employ delaying tactics
adjourn
waver
suspend action
prolong
let slide
swither
retard
cool
goldbrick
stay
drag one's heels
postpone action
hold off
be dilatory
defer action
postpone
protract
take a raincheck
haver
be undecided
falter
halt
trail
fluctuate
fritter away
trifle
blow hot and cold
get no place fast
teeter
saunter
wabble
pussyfoot around
scruple
wobble
fool around
stop
potter
loaf
lose time
loll
oscillate
balance
be unsure
slouch
trudge
tail
tool
drift
hover
flag
hang out
sit around
slacken
warm a chair
hem and haw
drop behind
sit on the fence
shuffle
move slowly
discontinue
cease
burn daylight
fiddle about
piddle
fritter away time
pass the time
take one's own sweet time
while away the time
penelopize
slack
hold on
be irresolute
shirk
stroll
bide
demur
be uncertain
meander
remain
sit tight
traik
be doubtful
dodge
mess around
um and ah
boondoggle
be long
be tardy
fool with
while away
trifle with
play games with
fool about
mooch
mosey
skulk
rest
lodge
stay back
shy away
shrink back
stay in the background
be reluctant to come forward
adopt Fabian tactics
shamble
wander
ramble
pass time
go slowly
slough
dabble
lurk
traipse
hang round
shillyshally
be ambivalent
goof around
stop over
hold the phone
be in two minds
faff about
fall back
decrease
drop
fail
diminish
wane
trail behind
drag behind
ebb
bring up the rear
fall off
slow
inch along
inch
be behind
hobble
drop back
lose strength
slow up
lounge
limp
jelly
toddle
diddle-daddle
fritter time away
shlep along
scrounge around
bum around
sit on one's butt
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“They could opt to follow the tobacco industry and
play for time
, which you'd have to say has worked out very well for tobacco firms.”
Verb
▲
To slow the growth or progress of, or to keep under control
check
US
arrest
stop
halt
inhibit
curb
bar
control
delay
impede
obstruct
thwart
restrain
retard
stem
foil
frustrate
limit
stall
stay
suppress
bridle
hamper
hold up
neutralise
UK
neutralize
US
pause
prevent
rein
stifle
block
catch
constrain
contain
cut short
hinder
interrupt
muffle
reduce
smother
squelch
still
swallow
terminate
bottleneck
counteract
fight back
govern
hold
hold back
moderate
repress
staunch
withhold
bottle up
brake
checkmate
choke
choke back
circumvent
discourage
rebuff
regulate
repulse
tame
draw up
keep in check
rein in
slow down
bite back
fetch up
hold down
hold in
keep a lid on
keep back
keep under control
pull in
pull up
slacken pace
bring to a standstill
interfere with
nip in the bud
put a brake on
stand in the way of
stem the flow of
put a spoke in someone's wheel
restrict
subdue
quell
silence
keep
trammel
put an end to
put a stop to
quash
end
slow
confine
extinguish
quench
keep the lid on
squash
overcome
gag
measure
diminish
rule
curtail
discontinue
baulk
UK
strangle
balk
US
fetter
crush
cool
cramp
lessen
suspend
handicap
deaden
kill
cease
cut off
cork
crack down on
destroy
clog
deter
stamp out
put down
hamstring
encumber
master
freeze
bring up
keep a tight rein on
shackle
defeat
prohibit
mute
decrease
stymie
finish
quiet
stave off
quit
beat
clamp down on
detain
debar
forestall
cork up
postpone
muzzle
resist
dampen
ward off
damp
conquer
dull
temper
put the kibosh on
avert
overpower
annihilate
break off
interdict
dam
mitigate
hold off
shut down
quieten
sink
get rid of
bring to an end
calm
damp down
button up
forbid
hog-tie
abolish
snuff out
straiten
fend off
put off
defer
intercept
handcuff
oppose
slow up
shelve
demolish
pocket
submerge
allay
desist
preclude
wipe out
ban
soften
shush
keep down
tone down
obviate
shut off
clobber
forfend
shut out
head off
delimit
simmer down
tie up
rule out
sit on
compose
soothe
decelerate
relieve
extirpate
discipline
drop
avoid
put the lid on
assuage
manacle
hobble
set back
conceal
slap down
weaken
blunt
put back
cap
lay off
leave off
eliminate
circumscribe
fix
hang up
peg
outlaw
adjourn
tranquilize
US
settle
collect
cumber
cancel
constrict
lick
slacken
ease
vanquish
close
lower
eschew
embarrass
abate
deprive
modulate
hush
deny
put the brakes on
break
short-circuit
divert
censor
stop up
can
shut in
tranquillize
UK
keep in
hold in check
tie
keep within bounds
intermit
tie down
lock up
throw cold water on
ward
choke off
let up
turn aside
pour cold water on
bog down
shut up
keep at bay
numb
impair
hold over
proscribe
keep lid on
bring to screeching halt
get the better of
stanch
put on ice
take the edge off
eradicate
throw a spanner in the works of
give up
scotch
alleviate
benumb
intern
bind
stonewall
gulp back
occlude
disallow
chill
jail
US
direct
palliate
jam
leash
appease
imprison
exclude
escape
evade
rout
withstand
congest
hem in
lull
cow
stuff
cover up
dodge
enjoin
counter
gaol
UK
retardate
mellow
abstain
bottle
subjugate
baffle
suffocate
prorogue
duck
shun
close off
hide
throttle
stunt
spike
overwhelm
crack down
forgo
pacify
clog up
forbear
put an stop to
mothball
knock off
put out
bung up
arrive
put a damper on
pack in
quelch
plug up
drown
cut back
black out
break up
hush up
refuse
pull the plug on
take down
kick
desist from
tongue-tie
put a lid on
call a halt to
steer clear of
satisfy
chain
hold captive
throw a monkey wrench in the works of
put in cold storage
weed out
slake
corner
sate
satiate
scrub
wind up
abandon
dissuade
plug
humble
cushion
incarcerate
adjust
gratify
barricade
coop up
determine
blanket
bit
cauterize
US
paralyse
UK
manage
box up
keep in line
abort
indulge
fulfil
UK
train
overthrow
set
mire
guide
impound
ostracize
US
blockade
block up
mollify
immure
block out
hesitate
rein back
loiter
nullify
deflate
triumph over
jam up
shorten
abbreviate
abridge
disadvise
scare
fence
derail
obliterate
cut
keep secret
dominate
disturb
anaesthetize
UK
make illegal
bypass
sidestep
elude
skirt
fill up
close up
fill
close out
pigeonhole
bung
cauterise
UK
bork
bring to naught
refrain
disrupt
lighten
reschedule
table
belay
depress
embargo
bring under control
immobilize
US
immobilise
UK
paralyze
US
anesthetize
US
cool off
form
stand still
save
ostracise
UK
drive underground
taboo
clot
waive
crimp
shape
abjure
forswear
dissolve
lock in
fence in
cuff
placate
pre-empt
help
dumb
pass
die
repel
turn off
stopper
put away
clamp down
shake
renounce
bring to a close
estop
procrastinate
fulfill
US
chasten
defend
deflect
bring to a stop
talk out of
cut out
give over
remit
moisten
keep inside
ice
place a limit on
lay aside
clam up
dry up
back off
wreck
decimate
shatter
raze
ruin
trample
dispose
reject
forsake
relax
hold off on
pack up
flatten
gain mastery over
lose speed
cut down
call a halt
get around
gum up
mark off
put in irons
clap in irons
do without
stop oneself
put half nelson on
put on hold
put on back burner
put on the shelf
strangle at birth
protract
get a grip on
put paid to
tie someone's hands
keep off
bring to a halt
get in the way of
defend against
dummy up
lay on the table
push back
bite one's lip
take a rain check on
put on the back burner
steer clear
come to a standstill
soft-pedal
count out
put in abeyance
put in chains
pass up
oppress
make late
fight off
ease up
hold in abeyance
anticipate
nip something in the bud
garrote/garrotte
straitjacket
tie someone down
hang on
hold the fort
resist attack
fight
come down hard on
materialize
US
land
appear
stamp something out
devitalize
sap
hold something in
quieten down
solve
queer
choke something back
act against
cross
demarcate
gulp
keep control of
get tough on
veto
entrap
left out
keep feeling inside oneself
enclose
trap
collar
bound
take severe measures against
take stern measures against
come down heavily on
boycott
blacklist
cripple
sabotage
keep on a string
discountenance
mask
gain control over
educate
instruct
keep a rein on
prolong
prevent from making progress
put a straitjacket on
find itself
pop up
beach
finish up
end up
turn up
re-collect
stave
disfavour
UK
disfavor
US
warn
indispose
frighten
interfere
deprecate
sidetrack
brace
sever
criminalize
US
slam on the brakes
monitor
disqualify
specify
demark
prescribe
keep from happening
dash
stop in your tracks
necessitate
close in
concuss
shotgun
snuff
get tough
retain
set a limit on
entrammel
lag
scrunch
trash
squish
drag feet
clip someone's wings
get bogged down
define
delimitate
girdle
stamp on
censure
tread on
heap
shower
shroud
do for
say goodbye to
cut into
break into
douse
disband
prorogate
recess
bring an end to
come down on
tighten up on
no-platform
put straitjacket on
throw monkey wrench in
cramp someone's style
dither
prevaricate
quibble
equivocate
stand
tarry
nix
blackball
except
rally
recover
inspect
put a ceiling on
qualify
reef
embog
lock
gridlock
internalize
US
internalise
UK
park
put a limit on
put aside
respite
come down on like a ton of bricks
garrote
US
garrotte
UK
demur
shy
stumble
declare taboo
criminalise
UK
cloud
snow under
box in
domesticate
water down
obturate
hold the line
seal
caulk
inactivate
hang fire
omit
file
pink-slip
keep in abeyance
lay over
override
exile
keep within limits
clam
overawe
meet
stand over
give the thumbs down to
declare illegal
put the chill on
give the red light to
say no
cool down
keep hold of
miss
strike dumb
hold one's tongue
pipe down
hush-hush
say nothing
make quiet
hush one's mouth
quiet down
make it impossible for
make impossible
make it impracticable for
put the stopper on
gentle
house-train
enslave
find a solution to
find an answer to
keep under wraps
buy time
stand off
peter out
not move
dam up
gibbet
gunge up
wring
shut out of
noose
squeeze
freeze out
silt up
back-water
keep waiting
lose steam
wind down
anchor it
draw the line on
impose limits on
set limits on
arrange
keep tight rein on
faze
sandbag
bring into line
tape up
seal somebody's lips
bind over
bind up
elide
dock
truncate
syncopate
enfetter
enchain
gyve
pinion
take a breather from
put on a back burner
wash up
materialise
UK
pitch up
show up
make impracticable
reclaim
bust
domesticize
housebreak
cultivate
domiciliate
call off
axe
UK
choke up
pack
refuse to pay
put off the evil day
continue
carry over
put over
do later
put off the evil hour
dowse
hit the brakes
let down flaps
let
avoid the issue
take one's time
drag one's feet
incapacitate
stun
KO
unnerve
consume
tire
dope
dim
exhaust
etherize
chloroform
stupefy
injure
gas
mince
order
organize
US
chain up
clap
secure
make tame
bring to heel
temperate
rescind
scrap
call
bring
repeal
revoke
recall
block off
erode
undermine
withhold from
stay away from
make up for
deny yourself
shake off
decline
break the habit of
skip out on
shrink from
provide
keep from
shirk
compensate for
stay away
get out of
abstain from
restrain from
counterbalance
skip
shy from
negate
refrain from
forbear from
offset
lay down the law to someone
put on brakes
content
glut
gorge
break the spirit
break the spirit of
break in
dispatch
best
surmount
dawdle
down
loaf
falter
bog
flag
poke
beat around the bush
get back at
reply
beat off
defend yourself
retaliate
put up a fight
riposte
dispense with
clip
knock out
lay out
destruct
dismantle
bury
overturn
clamp
overmatch
hegemonize
cheat
constipate
torpedo
stagnate
burke
stultify
leave alone
bulwark
guard
damage
compromise
put out of order
put to sleep
get there
draw to a halt
haul up
come to a stop
come to a halt
reach a standstill
scratch
cry off
ax
US
design
becalm
plan
frame
construct
balance
salve
lullaby
trample on
overbear
upend
get
command
dampen down
screen
parry
meet halfway
cool out
play down
fight shy of
resist the temptation to
take the pledge
give a wide berth to
swear off
go on the wagon
avoid doing
sit out
be temperate
not touch
have nothing to do with
not do
take the cure
jack in
decide
stop dead
break short
leave unfinished
stop cold
stop short
stop in full flow
get over
skunk
worst
knock down
remove
concoct
harness
cover
fend
put lid on
put kibosh on
beat down
sway
prevail over
gain control of
win against
obscure
erase
mark down
retrench
economize
US
economise
UK
contract
slash
stop midstream
hold it down
condition
dictate
influence
act like a wet blanket
hogtie
do down
work out
resolve
set out
reconcile
solace
map out
put together
make up
marshall
US
comfort
marshal
UK
console
tune down
balm
organise
UK
affect
mould
UK
exterminate
expunge
safeguard against
secure against
protect against
shield against
call it quits
knock it off
modify
touch
alter
underlie
humiliate
infringe
encroach on
pin down
pull back
stand up for
guard against
skirt round
defend oneself against
keep at arm's length
predispose
mold
US
incline
work on
shepherd
directionalize
act on
liquidate
undo
finish off
wrack
smash
pulverize
US
cream
nuke
waste
total
devastate
vaporize
US
desolate
impact on
exert influence on
have on a tight leash
upset
rub out
have an effect on
be a factor in
elapse
dead-end
lapse
go
expire
conclude
wipe off the face of the earth
vaporise
UK
blot out
pull down
pulverise
UK
do away with
wipe off the map
tear down
take out
do in
take away
cage
wait
rest
pen
have an impact on
punctuate
wink out
dishonor
US
mortify
shame
debase
abase
disgrace
foul
cheapen
discredit
smirch
demean
degrade
remand
afflict
stockade
bastille
close down
cease fire
stem the flow
cool it
drop anchor
commit
closet
hold at bay
bring to standstill
dishonour
UK
bring down
bring low
jug
come to a close
blow the whistle on
put a cork in
cut down to size
put in your place
put someone in their place
take down a peg or two
hold in custody
put into detention
put behind bars
rail in
take prisoner
keep in custody
put under lock and key
send down
send up
keep captive
send to prison
hold hostage
put inside
lock away
hold prisoner
take into custody
bang up
put in prison
detain at Her Majesty's pleasure
call it a day
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