buy time

1. 1.

   act so as to delay an event or action in order to gain an advantage

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Questions about buy time

What does buy time mean?

buy time means "act so as to delay an event or action in order to gain an advantage".

Is buy time a common word?

buy time is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.