gagner du temps — meaning in English

English meaning

• stall noun A small stand or booth where goods are sold, as in a market.

Senses

gagner du temps is used for these senses in English:

• buy time (idiomatic) To purposefully cause a delay, in order to achieve something else.
• stall (transitive) To cause to stop making progress; to hinder; to slow down; to delay or forestall.

stall — full definition

1. noun A small stand or booth where goods are sold, as in a market.
2. noun A compartment for one animal in a stable or barn.
3. verb To stop making progress, often unintentionally; to come to a standstill.
4. verb To use delaying tactics to put something off.
5. noun The loss of lift in an aircraft when its angle of attack becomes too steep for the airspeed.

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