Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Usage examples of "delaying tactic".
It was a delaying tactic, to give her time to think and organize her answer.
Wedge wondered if the admiral really was accessing data, or whether this was a delaying tactic, a moment to give him time to prepare an answer.
Wedge wondered if the admiral really was accessing data, or whether this was a delaying tactic, a moment to give him time to pre-pare an answer.
His contacts back on Kashyyyk had felt it wise not to tell him where to find Lomabu III-a delaying tactic, to give Flirt time to con-quer the Hounds command circuits.
They were purely nonfunctional props, but she'd long since learned to use them as a delaying tactic, something to shuffle through as if checking her facts while she actually considered exactly how to respond to a particularly sensitive question.
Uary's decision to let them get completely away was rash in the extreme, but it might turn out to be the best delaying tactic they had.