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buy time
idiom
to do something in order to be allowed more time: 赢得时间;拖延时间
He tried to buy time by saying he hadn't been well.他试图以身体不适为借口来拖延时间。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Delaying and wasting time
ado
busywork
carry something over
dally
dawdle
gridlock
inefficiency
inefficiently
kept
kick
kick something into the long grassidiom
push
retard
retardation
set someone back (something)
shelve
sit
sit on something
spin
stall
buy time | American Dictionary
buy time
idiom
to do something that allows you to have more time to finish something:
He tried to buy time by saying he wasn't feeling well.
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