hold off
put off
respite
latency
play for time
wait
procrastinate
delayal
hold fire
wait for
defer
waiting game
dwell on
linger over
retard
stall
put a pin in
delay
kick into the long grass
not a minute too soon
finally
eventually
catch
holdup
count down
fish or cut bait
belated
late
tardy
accelerate
cunctative
multidelay
postpone
pend
time lag
hold up
prepone
zero hour
adjournal
postponement
see which way the cat jumps
proact
hold
put someone on ice
holdoff
move back
sleep on
putoff
delayer
set back
nonpostponement
thunk
put back
foot-dragging
cunctatorship
intervene
pause
fristing
depper
move forward
cut short
move up
lag
already
dilatory
delayable
deferred
overwait
delayingly
cold storage
kick the can down the road
buy time
hold tight
dally
dwell
T-minus
hasten
instantaneous
instant
delayism
slot in
preinduce
catch up
advance
forestay
prefix
high noon

English words for 'To delay commencing (an action until some specified time or event has passed).'

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