- 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
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gain time — index defer (put off), hold up (deiay), procrastinate, protract (prolong) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
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 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
