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Beherrschen Sie englische Redewendungen, die sich auf das Abschrecken beziehen, wie „play for time“ und „rain check“.

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to drag one's feet

to purposefully act slowly

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on hold

in a suspended state to be considered and dealt with in the future

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rain check

refusal or cancellation of an invitation, offer, or plan with intention of accepting it or doing it at another time instead

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to buy time

to put something off in order to gain more time

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to kick the can down the road

to keep postponing problems one must deal with

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on ice

used to refer to something that is temporarily inactive or postponed

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to sit on one's hands

to refrain from taking action when one should

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on the fence

used to show indecision over something

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to put off until tomorrow what somebody can do today

to decide to do something that needs to taken care of right now at another time

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to play for time

to try to delay the occurrence of something so that one can prevent it from happening or have more time to properly prepare for it

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