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waiting game

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waiting game
n.
The stratagem of deferring action and allowing the passage of time to work in one's favor.
waiting game
Noun
play a waiting game to postpone taking action or making a decision in order to gain an advantage
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Noun1.waiting game - a strategy of delay
scheme, strategy - an elaborate and systematic plan of action


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It was a waiting game, and whichever waited the longer was bound to win.
Tales of the Fish Patrol by London, Jack View in context
The Americans had realised the price their waiting game must cost, and struck with all the strength they had, if haply they might still save New York from this mad Prince of Blood and Iron, and from fire and death.
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