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| mark time(verb, expression, stop, delay) | |
| waste time(verb, expression, delay, swell) | |
| take time(expression, lateness) | |
| be late(expression, slowness, lateness) | |
| stay put(verb, expression, stop, hold) | |
| take one's time(verb, expression, delay, fast) | |
| drag one's feet(verb, fast) | |
| get on with it(expression, advance, maintain, continue) | |
| go with the tide(verb, expression, flow, wash) | |
| hang fire(expression, cool, delay, hesitate) | |
| hold the fort(expression, stop, settle, continue) | |
| hold the phone(verb, expression, stop, delay) | |
| hold your horses(verb, expression, wait, stall) | |
| keep the ball rolling(expression, advance, maintain, continue) | |
| lie in wait(verb, expression, stop, delay) | |
| put on hold(verb, expression, stop, delay) | |
| wait a minute(verb, expression, wait, stall) | |
| be inactive(expression, slowness, lateness) | |
| bide one's time(verb, expression, lateness) | |
| bide the issue |
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