a waiting game

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• waiting game — waiting games N COUNT: usu sing If you play a waiting game, you deal with a situation by deliberately doing nothing, because you believe you will gain an advantage by acting later, or because you are waiting to see how other people are going to… …   English dictionary

• waiting game — n. a scheme by means of which one outwits or wins out over another by delaying or postponing action until one has an advantage …   English World dictionary

• Waiting Game (single) — Single infobox Name = Waiting Game Artist = The Cooper Temple Clause from Album = Make This Your Own Released = January 8 2007 Format = Vinyl record (7 ), CD Recorded = 2006 Genre = Alternative rock Length = Label = Sequel Records Producer =… …   Wikipedia

• waiting game — noun a strategy of delay • Hypernyms: ↑scheme, ↑strategy * * * ˈwaiting game [waiting game] noun singular a policy of waiting to see how a situation develops b …   Useful english dictionary

• waiting game — wait|ing game [ weıtıŋ ,geım ] noun singular play a/the waiting game to delay in a situation where people expect you to take action, because you think this will give you an advantage: Police seem to be playing a waiting game with the hijackers …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• waiting game —    A person who plays a waiting game delays taking any action or making any decision because they prefer to wait and see how things develop, usually in the hope that this will put them in a stronger position.     Our competitors are not reacting …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

• waiting game — UK [ˈweɪtɪŋ ˌɡeɪm] / US noun [singular] play a/the waiting game to delay in a situation where people expect you to do something, because you think this will give you an advantage Police seem to be playing a waiting game with the hijackers …   English dictionary

• waiting game — noun A strategy or course of action in which one or more parties refrain from direct action until circumstances change in their favor. Inasmuch as nothing was really and rationally to be hoped for but a long continuance of the siege and wearying… …   Wiktionary

• waiting game — /ˈweɪtɪŋ geɪm/ (say wayting gaym) noun 1. the postponement of action on a particular matter for the time being in order to have an opportunity for more effective action later on. –phrase 2. play a waiting game, to avoid any definite action in the …  

• The Waiting Game — may refer to:* The Waiting Game (song), a 1987 song by Squeeze * Waiting Game (single), a 2007 song by The Cooper Temple Clause * The Waiting Game (film), a 1999 American independent film starring Will Arnett * The Waiting Game (game show), a… …   Wikipedia

• waiting game — Synonyms and related words: a wise passiveness, acceptance, contemplation, contemplative life, do nothing policy, do nothingism, do nothingness, dormancy, endurance, forbearance, forbearing, forbearingness, fortitude, idleness, immobility,… …   Moby Thesaurus