buy time
English
Etymology
buy + time
Pronunciation
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Verb
buy time (third-person singular simple present buys time, present participle buying time, simple past and past participle bought time)
- (idiomatic) Purposefully cause a delay, in order to achieve something else.
- We need you to buy us some time, so distract the security guard for a few minutes.
Translations
purposefully cause a delay, in order to achieve something else
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