delaying tactic

collocation in English

meaningsofdelayandtactic

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delay
noun[C or U]
uk
/dɪˈleɪ/us
/dɪˈleɪ/
the situation in which you have to wait longer than expected for something to happen, or the time that you have ...
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tactic
noun
uk
/ˈtæk.tɪk/us
/ˈtæk.tɪk/
a planned way of ...
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(Definition ofdelayandtacticfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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What, then, is the point of thisdelayingtacticexcept as a nakeddelayingtactic?
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Primarily, it is adelayingtactic.
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That would be adelayingtactic.
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This is not adelayingtactic.
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The amendment is merely anotherdelayingtactic.
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This seems to be adelayingtactic.
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This is no proceduraldelayingtactic.
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It will not be adelayingtactic.
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The amendment is simply adelayingtactic.
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That was a furtherdelayingtactic.
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It is more like adelayingtactic.
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It is just adelayingtactic.
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An annual report is by no means adelayingtactic.
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There is no question of its being adelayingtactic.
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I hope that this is not simply adelayingtactic.
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It was not a propaganda speech or adelayingtactic.
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The assessment is adelayingtactic, is it not?
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That can be interpreted only as adelayingtactic.
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This is not in any way adelayingtactic.
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This is not a long-termdelayingtactic.
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That declaration was not made lightly; nor was it made as adelayingtactic.
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I cannot support the amendment because to me that is adelayingtactic.
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He accused us of using the amendment as adelayingtactic.
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Any kind of filibustering ordelayingtactictoday is totally unnecessary.
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Thedelayingtacticof "motion to report progress" was used on three occasions.
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