gain time

gain time
index defer (put off), hold up (deiay), procrastinate, protract (prolong)

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  • gain time — PLAY FOR TIME, stall, procrastinate, delay, temporize, hold back, hang back, hang fire, dally, drag one s feet. → gain * * * phrasal : to obtain or effect a delay in an action (as by pretexts) * * * gain time To get extra time by delaying • • •… …   Useful english dictionary

  • gain time — the district attorney had run out of plausible ways to gain time Syn: play for time, stall, procrastinate, delay, temporize, hold back, hang back, hang fire, dally, drag one s feet …   Thesaurus of popular words

  • Gain Time Control — Die Sensitivity Time Control (STC) ist eine Schaltung in einem Radargerät, welche die Empfängerdynamik beeinflusst. Es ist eine zeitabhängige Verstärkungsregulierung, die eine Dynamikkompression bewirkt. Oft wird auch von einer Nahechodämpfung… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • gain time — obtain more time, obtain a delay or postponement …   English contemporary dictionary

  • gain time — to get more time for yourself in order to do something or while you wait for something to happen …   English dictionary

  • gain time — idi to achieve a delay or postponement …   From formal English to slang

  • intended to gain time — index dilatory Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • Time — Time, n.; pl. {Times}. [OE. time, AS. t[=i]ma, akin to t[=i]d time, and to Icel. t[=i]mi, Dan. time an hour, Sw. timme. [root]58. See {Tide}, n.] 1. Duration, considered independently of any system of measurement or any employment of terms which… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Time ball — Time Time, n.; pl. {Times}. [OE. time, AS. t[=i]ma, akin to t[=i]d time, and to Icel. t[=i]mi, Dan. time an hour, Sw. timme. [root]58. See {Tide}, n.] 1. Duration, considered independently of any system of measurement or any employment of terms… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Time bargain — Time Time, n.; pl. {Times}. [OE. time, AS. t[=i]ma, akin to t[=i]d time, and to Icel. t[=i]mi, Dan. time an hour, Sw. timme. [root]58. See {Tide}, n.] 1. Duration, considered independently of any system of measurement or any employment of terms… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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