buy time
1buy time — ► buy time delay an event temporarily so as to have longer to improve one s own position. Main Entry: ↑buy …
2buy time — verb act so as to delay an event or action in order to gain an advantage (Freq. 1) • Hypernyms: ↑delay, ↑detain, ↑hold up • Verb Frames: Something s Somebody s * * * delay an event temporarily so as to …
3buy time — tv. to use a tactic to postpone something. □ You are just doing this to buy time. □ Maybe I can buy some time by asking for a continuance …
4buy time — to obtain a longer period before something happens. We were quickly running out of money but managed to buy time by getting a small loan …
5buy time — request time to plan, ask for extra time If we can just buy a little time, maybe the price will go down …
6buy time — verb Purposefully cause a delay to something, in order to achieve something else. We need you to buy us some time, so distract the security guard for a few minutes …
7buy time — delay an event temporarily so as to have longer to improve one s own position. → buy …
8buy time — phrasal to delay an imminent action or decision ; stall …
9buy — [bī] vt. bought, buying [ME bien < OE bycgan < ? IE base of BOW1] 1. to get by paying or agreeing to pay money or some equivalent; purchase 2. to get as by an exchange [buy victory with human lives] 3. to be the means of purchasing [all… …
10buy — ► VERB (buys, buying; past and past part. bought) 1) obtain in exchange for payment. 2) get (something) by sacrifice or great effort. 3) informal accept the truth of. ► NOUN informal ▪ a purchase …
