play a waiting game
SEE DEFINITION OF play a waiting gameSynonyms for play a waiting game
- dawdle
- hesitate
- adjourn
- cool
- dally
- defer
- drag
- goldbrick
- lag
- linger
- loiter
- pause
- poke
- postpone
- prolong
- protract
- retard
- stall
- stay
- suspend
- tarry
- temporize
- wait
- be dilatory
- drag one's feet
- give the run around
- hang fire
- hold off
- let slide
- play for time
- shilly-shally
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Antonyms for play a waiting game
- abbreviate
- advance
- carry out
- complete
- continue
- do
- expedite
- finish
- forge
- forward
- further
- go
- hasten
- help
- hurry
- leave
- persist
- push
- rush
- shorten
- accelerate
- go ahead
- quicken
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Philip Lief Group.
RELATED WORDS AND SYNONYMS FOR PLAY A WAITING GAME
procrastinate
verbdelay, put off doingprocrastinating
verbdelay, put off doingwait and see
verbwatch and wait- bide one's time
- lie low
- play a waiting game
- tread water
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the
Philip Lief Group.