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

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

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