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37 entries under expression topic. ×
| put off(verb, phrasal verb, stop, hold) | |
| draw out(verb, phrasal verb, lateness, diuturnity) | |
| hold off(verb, phrasal verb, halt, delay) | |
| play for time(verb, idiom, halt, delay) | |
| gain time(verb, idiom, hold, keep) | |
| stall for time(verb, idiom, time, gain) | |
| hang fire(cool, delay, hesitate, dawdle) | |
| hold over(verb, phrasal verb, hold, keep) | |
| make time(idiom, diuturnity) | |
| talk against time(idiom, diuturnity) | |
| be a timeserver | |
| beat around the bush(verb, idiom, stop, halt) | |
| bide time(verb, hold, keep, block) | |
| give the run around(verb, idiom, cool, delay) | |
| keep back(verb, phrasal verb, hold, keep) | |
| lay over(verb, phrasal verb, hold, keep) | |
| let slide(cool, delay, hesitate, dawdle) | |
| play a waiting game(idiom, cool, delay, hesitate) | |
| put back(verb, phrasal verb, defer, suspend) | |
| stave off(verb, phrasal verb, hold, keep) |
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