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Time - Putting Off

Master English idioms that relate to being put off, like "play for time" and "rain check".

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English idioms related to Time

to purposefully act slowly

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

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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
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to put something off in order to gain more time

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to keep postponing problems one must deal with

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on ice
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used to refer to something that is temporarily inactive or postponed

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to refrain from taking action when one should

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on the fence
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used to show indecision over something

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

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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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