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Definition

To delay a situation until one is prepared.

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In Context

  • "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."
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Related Idioms

h

hang tight

To wait, without attempting to address a challenging, alarming, or dan…

 f

for the time being

Temporarily; for now; until later; until the situation changes; in an …

 u

until the cows freeze over

For a very long period of time.

 f

for the nonce

For the time being, for now, with the expectation that the situation m…

 b

buy time

To purposefully cause a delay, in order to achieve something else.

 u

until the cows come home

For a very long period of time.
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