play for time | Idiomator

Meaning: (idiomatic)Todelaya situation until one is prepared.29 February 2012, Aidan Foster-Carter, BBC News,“North Korea: The denuclearisation dance resumes”: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 justplaying for timewhile working on HEU.Synonym:buy time

Examples:

EN: We must play for time.
ES: - ¿Para qué?
ES: Tenemos que ganar tiempo.
ES: Tenemos que ganar tiempo.
EN: Don't play for time
ES: ¡Ya verás!
EN: We only want you to say yes, to play for time.
ES: Solo queremos que digas sí, para ganar tiempo.
EN: We must play for time andhope the English get here.
ES: Hola. Oiga, ¿quien es Ud?
EN: Don't play for time...
ES: No trates de distraerme.
EN: It was my only chance to play for time.
ES: Era mi única oportunidad de hacer tiempo.
EN: We've got to play for time.
ES: Tenemos que ganar tiempo.
EN: -I'll play for time. And Ernestâ¦
ES: Y Ernest...
EN: They'll agree to your demands, then play for time to locate the bomb.
ES: Aceptarán sus exigencias, ganarán tiempo y encontrarán la bomba.
EN: We must play for time, now.
ES: Tenemos que jugar con el tiempo, ahora.
EN: We must play for time. Be quiet!
ES: Tenemos que ganar tiempo. ¡Cállate!
EN: The Doctor told us to play for time, right?
ES: El doctor nos dijo que jugar con el tiempo, ¿verdad?
EN: Now he shall do anything to play for time.
ES: Ahora hará cualquier cosa por ganar tiempo.
EN: She can play for time.
ES: ¿Puede ganar tiempo?
EN: Just play for time.
ES: Sólo gana tiempo.

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