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：2025/11/21
buy time
Verb
idiomatic
Japanese Meaning
必要な準備や他の目的のために、あえて時間の遅延を作り出すこと、つまり「時間を稼ぐ」ことを意味します。
（ present singular third-person ）
（ participle present ）
（ participle past ）
（ past ）
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(idiomatic) Purposefully cause a delay, in order to achieve something else.
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buy time
The negotiator told small, vague stories to buy time while his team prepared the revised proposal.
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The negotiator told small, vague stories to buy time while his team prepared the revised proposal.
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