delaying tactic
English
Alternative forms
- delay tactic (chiefly US)
Noun
delaying tactic (plural delaying tactics)
- Something that is done in order to put off a decision or action until later.
See also
References
- “delaying tactic”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- “delaying tactic”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “delaying tactic” in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, Longman.
- “delaying tactics” (US) / “delaying tactics” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary.
- “delaying tactics”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.