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buy time

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buy time
to postpone an event hoping that the situation will improve. You are just stalling to buy time. Maybe I can buy some time by asking the judge for a continuance.
See also: buy, time

buy 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.
See also: buy, time


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Atikokan mayor Dennis Brown remains hopeful another postponement of the McGuinty government's goal to eliminate all coal-fired generating stations will buy time for the 200 megawatt plant in his northwestern Ontario community.
2 billion National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign, using tax money to buy time and space for ads produced by the Partnership for a Drug-Free America.
It's just the sort of legislative action that could buy time for Hollywood Park, whose new owners have threatened since last summer to close the 68-year-old landmark in three years if they fail to win economic relief for the racing industry.
 
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