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Play for time

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  1. 1
    To delay a situation until one is prepared. idiomatic

    "Two cheers for that, at best. The original six party talks ran, or rather crawled, from 2003 to 2008. It remains unclear if North Korea was ever serious – or just playing for time while working on HEU."

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