Idiom
stall for time
Meaning
To intentionally cause a delay; to stop; to wait.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“I do not know the answer, so I stall for time.”
“The student did not study for the test, so he tried to stall for time by asking the teacher many questions.”
“Realizing the negotiations were failing, the diplomat attempted to stall for time by requesting a review of the original treaty terms.”
Examples
simple
“I do not know the answer, so I stall for time.”
contextual
“The student did not study for the test, so he tried to stall for time by asking the teacher many questions.”
complex
“Realizing the negotiations were failing, the diplomat attempted to stall for time by requesting a review of the original treaty terms.”
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