delaying tactics
Intentional time wasting
Delaying tactics are maneuvers designed to postpone action or decision, usually to gain advantage or avoid unfavorable outcomes.
The phrase appears in military, legal, and political contexts: The defense attorney's delaying tactics frustrated the prosecution.
Someone using delaying tactics may be buying time, wearing down opposition, or hoping circumstances will change.
- stallingIntentional delay tactics
- running out the clockConsuming remaining game time strategically
- playing for timeDeliberate delay tactic
- foot-draggingDeliberate slowness or resistance
- dragging feetDelaying through reluctance
slow walking · filibuster · obstructionism · stonewalling · technicalities · postponement · pocket veto · procrastination · waiting game · long game · brinkmanship · legal loopholes · dawdling · deferral · buying time · rope-a-dope · passive resistance · loopholes
- defensedefense, defending, protecting, protection, security
- military tacticsflanking, maneuver, ambush, battle formations, combat maneuvers
- retreatsspa, retreat house, meditation retreat, writing retreat, wellness retreat
- legal misconductobstruction, perjury, contempt, jury tampering, evidence tampering
delaying tacticsexpediting
Making progress faster
fast-tracking · acceleration · rushing · time pressure · hastening
delaying tacticsfrontal assault
Attack from the front
direct action · cutting to the chase · straight talk · laying cards on the table · showdown
delaying tacticsdecisive action
Firm choice, promptly executed
quick decision · seizing the initiative · taking the bull by the horns · pulling the trigger · jumping in
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