Meaning

1 senses
  1. (idiomatic)A strategy or course of action in which one or more parties refrain from direct action until circumstances change in their favor.

    to play the waiting game

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More definitions
  • a strategy of delay

Translations

2 languages
Deutsch
By meaning 1
strategy of refraining from action until circumstances change:

Forms

plural: waiting games
Singularwaiting game
Pluralwaiting games

regular

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