gain time
Example Sentences
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Employers try to delay the elections as long as possible, “aiming to gain time within which to undermine the union,” the board observed.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 1, 2023
EU lawmakers expressed concern last week that this may just be a ploy to gain time.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 18, 2022
“The great aim is to gain time in the fight against the virus,” she said.
From The Guardian • Mar. 23, 2020
Two individual time trials are also on the menu, which could provide Team Sky's Thomas, a former track rider, with chances to gain time on Quintana.
From Reuters • May 3, 2017
The Bath minister stepped behind the pulpit again, wheezed some to gain time, and then figured that they would conclude the service with “Bringing in the Sheaves.”
From "Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy" by Gary D. Schmidt
