stall for

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stall someone or something for something

to delay someone or something for a period of time. I stalled him for as long as I could. I could not stall the proceedings for another second.

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Andy Tucker, who has run the Working Street flower stall for 12 years, has certainly seen a downturn in business, as regular customers could not keep up with his stall's moves. Revamp has led to a tough three years by South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales) Many people will put several wheelbarrow loads of shavings in their stall for their horse, but this is not necessarily good. A Healthy Horse Stall by Lisa Paterson / Pets and Animals community He noted that illegal stall operators usually pay SR5,000 to the license owner to operate the stall for the whole month and that they make at least SR30,000 in profit. City picks up 328 to run Balad's Ramadan stalls by Arab News (Jeddah, Saudi Arabia)			stack up to stacked staff stag stage stagger stagger around stagger from stagger in stagger out stagger under stain with stake stake a claim stake a claim to stake a/ claim stake off stake out stake out a claim to stake reputation on stake to stalk stalk in stalk out of stall stall for stall for time stall off stammer out stamp stamp a fire out stamp as stamp on stamp onto stamp out stamp out of stamp with stampede stampede in stampede into stampede out of stamping ground stand stand a chance stand a chance of stand and deliver stand apart stand around stand aside stand at stand back			stalks stalks stalks stalky stalky stalky stalky stalky Stalky & Co. Stalky & Co. stall stall stall stall stall Stall (disambiguation) Stall (disambiguation) Stall (disambiguation) Stall (disambiguation) Stall Avoidance And Recovery stall bar stall bed stall bed stall bed stall bed stall fed stall fed stall fed stall fed stall flutter stall for stall for time stall for time stall kicking stall kicking stall kicking stall kicking Stall Management Yaw Damper stall off Stall Protection Computer Stall Protection System Stall reader Stall Spin Crash Burn Die stall torque Stall Torque Ratio Stall Warning Computer stall warning indicator Stall, Spin, Crash, Die stall-cramp stall-fed stall-feed stall-feeding stall-feeds stall-related injury stall-related injury stall-related injury stall-related injury Stallage Stallation stallboard stallboard light

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