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mark time(verb, expression, stop, delay)
6
waste time(verb, expression, delay, swell)
4
take time(expression, lateness)
3
be late(expression, slowness, lateness)
3
stay put(verb, expression, stop, hold)
3
take one's time(verb, expression, delay, fast)
2
drag one's feet(verb, fast)
2
get on with it(expression, advance, maintain, continue)
2
go with the tide(verb, expression, flow, wash)
2
hang fire(expression, cool, delay, hesitate)
2
hold the fort(expression, stop, settle, continue)
2
hold the phone(verb, expression, stop, delay)
2
hold your horses(verb, expression, wait, stall)
2
keep the ball rolling(expression, advance, maintain, continue)
2
lie in wait(verb, expression, stop, delay)
2
put on hold(verb, expression, stop, delay)
2
wait a minute(verb, expression, wait, stall)
1
be inactive(expression, slowness, lateness)
1
bide one's time(verb, expression, lateness)
1
bide the issue
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