buy time
成語所屬單字buy
buy time — 慣用語
1. to do something so that an event, decision, or deadline is delayed and you have
1.慣用語
釋義
拖延時間；爭取時間
to do something so that an event, decision, or deadline is delayed and you have a chance to think or get ready.
例句
Sarah told a long story about traffic to buy time before the angry client arrived.
The lawyer asked endless small questions, mostly to buy time for her assistant to find the missing file.