rag the puck
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rag the puck (third-person singular simple present rags the puck, present participle ragging the puck, simple past and past participle ragged the puck)
- (ice hockey) To retain possession of the puck by skillful skating and stickhandling without attempting to score, as a deliberate tactic intended to use up time.
- 2002 Sept. 11, "Blues frustrated again by Detroit efficiency," Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (retrieved 12 May 2008):
- So confident and serene were the Red Wings that despite have several opportunities to attempt empty-netters from their own end, they opted to coolly rag the puck in the neutral zone.
- 2002 Sept. 11, "Blues frustrated again by Detroit efficiency," Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (retrieved 12 May 2008):
- (chiefly Canada, by extension) To proceed slowly at an activity in order to use up time; to stall for time.
- 2004 Sept. 30, Michael Vaughan, "Five Questions for President, CEO Hyundai Canada," Globe and Mail (Toronto) (retrieved 12 May 2008):
- You're having a brutal year, with sales of Hyundais in Canada down nearly 20 per cent. Are you just trying to rag the puck and kill time until the new Sonatas arrive?
- 2010 June 12, Michael Ignatieff, "Harper may be ‘ragging the puck’ on detainee records: Ignatieff," Globe and Mail (Toronto) (retrieved 12 June 2010):
- We're kind of running the clock here and there's a question as to whether the government's ragging the puck. There's absolutely no reason why we can't get an agreement. I'm optimistic we can, but it's getting a bit late.
- 2004 Sept. 30, Michael Vaughan, "Five Questions for President, CEO Hyundai Canada," Globe and Mail (Toronto) (retrieved 12 May 2008):