buy time
dilatory
delay
holdup
finger in the dyke
delayability
filibuster
putoff
slowball
stall
delayism
time lag
play for time
not a minute too soon
hold
stall for time
lag
latency
holdoff
put off
see which way the cat jumps
hit a snag
delaying
redelay
wait
intervene
come back to bite
postponement
set back
dally
hold fire
time is of the essence
hastiness
slow roll
foot-dragging
retardative
defer
restlessness
retard
delayingly
break
disruption
impatience
procrastinate
gap
interruption
waiting game
preemption
hurry up and wait
hold off
prolong
the end of one's rope
prat about
extratemporal
impediment
misclock
Porlockian
retime
delayable
hold back
fall between the cracks
student syndrome
fristing
first olive out of the bottle
laches
sleeper
catch up
sticking point
fish or cut bait
adjournment
hitch
protract
person from Porlock
Hollywooding
finally
eventually
restive
delayal
overwait
chomp at the bit
race against time
time delay
drag one's feet
untime
work well under pressure
champ at the bit
lick and a promise
respite
cunctatious
while the grass grows, the steed starves
yet

English words for 'Purposefully cause a delay, in order to achieve something else.'

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