temporize
earwigging
earwig
moderation
bat away
cat and dog
deke
chat
jawboning
stickle
chubbing
talkover
derailment
derail
put someone on ice
hem and haw
and be done with it
duke it out
alieniloquent
'nuff said
good cop bad cop
sidetrack
hand waving
beat around the bush
jawbone
wrangle
spiel
squabbly
push past
lobby
naggle
buttonhole
motte and bailey
chunner
chip in
debate
argumentativity
um
rumble on
argumentality
airtime
haggling
sealion
score points
hear out
haggle
interpose
don't get someone started
wrangling
line
tergiversation
stalling
fend and prove
again
polemicize
talk like a book
yak
wade in
doorstepping
talk around
stall
uh
bite one's lip
bite one's tongue
talk over
sticking point
talk sense
disputedly
break in
Spanish Inquisition
give someone the runaround
e-moderation
quarrelsome
contend
chew the fat
broachable
casuistry
wank
tone policing
turn-taking
agonistic
until one is blue in the face
eristic
argumentativeness
quarrelous
dilatory
shoot the breeze
spin room
belabour
quibblingly
SKSK
filibuster
mulish
time out
speechify
argue like a married couple
hardheaded
flyting

English words for 'To deliberately act evasively or prolong a discussion in order to gain time or postpone a decision, sometimes so that a compromise can be reached or simply to make a conversation more temperate; to stall for time.'

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