HyperDic: buy_time

English > 1 sense of the expression *buy time*:
VERB	change	buy time	act so as to delay an event or action in order to gain an advantage

English > *buy time*: 1 sense > verb 1, change
Meaning	act so as to delay an event or action in order to gain an advantage.
Pattern	Something ----s; Somebody ----s
Broader	delay, detain, hold up	Cause to be slowed ... / slowed down or delayed