to save time, to gain time · to buy time, to play for time, to stall for time, to use delaying tactics
zıt: perdre du temps
to buy time
çekim: geçmiş gané tiempo · ortaç ganado tiempo
to buy time · to do (something) early so as to have more time later on; to precrastinate · to save time
çekim: geçmiş guadagnàto tempo · ortaç guadagnàto tempo
köken: Literally, “to gain time”. Compare French gagner du temps.
Fino a quel momento, in pubblico avevamo rilasciato dichiarazioni generiche, o poco più, nel tentativo di guadagnare tempo.
to gain time, to buy time, to stall
Ze wist de indringer aan de praat te houden om tijd te rekken totdat de politie kwam.
to buy time
çekim: geçmiş 時を稼いだ
köken: 時(とき) (toki, “time”) + を (o, object particle) + 稼(かせ)ぐ (kasegu, “to earn”)
to play for time, to buy time, to stall (to delay a situation until one is prepared)
köken: Literally, “to play on a delay”.
to temporize, stall for time, stonewall, drag one's feet, drag one's heels (to intentionally cause a delay)
köken: húz (“to drag”) + -ja (personal suffix) + az (“the”) + idő (“time”) + -t (accusative suffix), literally “to drag the time”
to buy time.
köken: From ซื้อ (sʉ́ʉ, “to buy”) + เวลา (wee-laa, “time”); possibly calque of English buy time.