Thesaurus / play for time
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synonyms for play for time
- hinder
- slow
- halt
- stop
- stay
- suspend
- put off
- interrupt
- postpone
- hamper
- filibuster
- fence
- temporize
- die
- equivocate
- tarry
- stonewall
- prevaricate
- arrest
- brake
- stand
- hedge
- still
- check
- quibble
- shut down
- avoid the issue
- beat around the bush
- hold off
- not move
- slow down
- stand off
- stand still
- drag one's feet
- take one's time
- control
- prevent
- halt
- stop
- reduce
- arrest
- curb
- obstruct
- repulse
- thwart
- neutralize
- terminate
- obviate
- harness
- snub
- counteract
- tame
- circumvent
- bottleneck
- repress
- delay
- checkmate
- moderate
- frustrate
- suppress
- retard
- stay
- baffle
- foil
- pause
- impede
- interrupt
- bit
- hold
- rebuff
- discourage
- inhibit
- bar
- preclude
- choke
- withhold
- limit
- squelch
- bridle
- constrain
- cut short
- hold back
- nip in the bud
- hold down
- hold in
- keep back
- rein in
- slacken pace
- slow down
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antonyms for play for time
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- meet
- face
- do
- go
- continue
- push
- promote
- help
- forward
- encourage
- allow
- advance
- further
- release
- expedite
- carry out
- permit
- assist
- aid
- indulge
- free
- advance
- approve
- open
- forward
- support
- encourage
- continue
- help
- allow
- let go
- liberate
- expedite
- facilitate
- welcome
- include
- release
- permit
- abet
- assist
- aid
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How to use play for time in a sentence
It ended on a complaint that she was 'tired rather and spending my time at full length on a deck-chair in the garden.'
THE WAVEALGERNON BLACKWOODI assure you, no matter how beautifully we play any piece, the minute Liszt plays it, you would scarcely recognize it!
MUSIC-STUDY IN GERMANYAMY FAYThe vision—it had been an instantaneous flash after all and nothing more—had left his mind completely for the time.
THE WAVEALGERNON BLACKWOODAbout this time the famous Philippine painter, Juan Luna (vide p. 195), was released after six monthsʼ imprisonment as a suspect.
THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDSJOHN FOREMANI hate to be long at my toilette at any time; but to delay much in such a matter while travelling is folly.
BLACKWOOD'S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE, VOLUME 60, NO. 372, OCTOBER 1846VARIOUSNow, it immediately occurred to Davy that he had never in his whole life had all the plums he wanted at any one time.
DAVY AND THE GOBLINCHARLES E. CARRYLArches more graceful in form, or better fitted to defy the assaults of time, I have never seen.
GLANCES AT EUROPEHORACE GREELEYBut I hope at least to play to him a few times, and what is more important, to hear him play repeatedly.
MUSIC-STUDY IN GERMANYAMY FAYIn treble, second and fourth, the first change is a dodge behind; and the second time the treble leads, there's a double Bob.
TINTINNALOGIA, OR, THE ART OF RINGINGRICHARD DUCKWORTH AND FABIAN STEDMANSeveral pioneers familiar with the facts of the tragedy at the time of its occurrence were also present.
AMONG THE SIOUXR. J. CRESWELLWORDS RELATED TO PLAY FOR TIME
- arrest
- baffle
- bar
- bit
- bottleneck
- bridle
- checkmate
- choke
- circumvent
- constrain
- control
- counteract
- curb
- cut short
- delay
- discourage
- foil
- frustrate
- halt
- harness
- hold
- hold back
- hold down
- hold in
- impede
- inhibit
- interrupt
- keep back
- limit
- moderate
- neutralize
- nip in the bud
- obstruct
- obviate
- pause
- play for time
- preclude
- prevent
- rebuff
- reduce
- rein in
- repress
- repulse
- retard
- slacken pace
- slow down
- snub
- squelch
- stay
- stop
- suppress
- tame
- terminate
- thwart
- withhold
- analyzed
- ascertained
- audited
- balance account
- candled
- cased
- compared
- confirmed
- corrected
- counted
- enquire about
- eyeballed
- found out
- frisked
- investigated
- kept account
- looked at
- looked over
- looked saw
- made sure
- monitored
- noted
- overlooked
- probed
- proved
- quizzed
- reviewed
- scout out
- scrutinized
- studied
- tested
- told
- took stock
- tried
- verified
- went through
- analyzing
- ascertaining
- auditing
- balance account
- candling
- casing
- comparing
- confirming
- correcting
- counting
- enquire about
- eyeballing
- finding out
- frisking
- going through
- investigating
- keeping account
- looking at
- looking over
- looking seeing
- making sure
- monitoring
- noting
- overlooking
- probing
- proving
- quizzing
- reviewing
- scout out
- scrutinizing
- studying
- taking stock
- telling
- testing
- trying
- verifying
- adjourning
- being dilatory
- cooling
- dallying
- dawdling
- deferring
- dragging
- dragging one's feet
- giving the run around
- goldbricking
- hanging fire
- hesitating
- holding off
- lagging
- letting slide
- lingering
- loitering
- pausing
- playing a waiting game
- playing for time
- poking
- postponing
- prolonging
- protracting
- retarding
- shilly-shallying
- stalling
- staying
- suspending
- tarrying
- temporizing
- waiting
- arrest
- avoid the issue
- beat around the bush
- brake
- check
- die
- drag one's feet
- equivocate
- fence
- filibuster
- halt
- hamper
- hedge
- hinder
- hold off
- interrupt
- not move
- play for time
- postpone
- prevaricate
- put off
- quibble
- shut down
- slow
- slow down
- stand
- stand off
- stand still
- stay
- still
- stonewall
- stop
- suspend
- take one's time
- tarry
- temporize
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.