stall
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6.2
- noun
- /stɔl/
:
táctica dilatoria
- On the other hand, businesses avoided stalls altogether, or overcame them if they (a) focused primarily on future scenarios.
- a stall tactic
The last kind of category are stalls link back to decision avoidance.
- The last kind of category are stalls link back to decision avoidance.
- And so don't worry about calling something a stall.
- Bad faith stall tactics for when they're actually going to provide people's money back through Gemini Urn.
- And those three things are cell or sabotage or stall.
Examples
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Of the reasons for the stall, 87 percent were within managers' control.
Blog text (31) -
"What do you mean?" I understood her proposal perfectly but, as a stall, I pretended incomprehension.
Fiction book (1990) -
All this is just a stall... to keep me here!
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All we can do is set out our stall of demands.
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This is all just a stall.
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As an Independent, I can tell you that the stall tactics by the Democratic Party are wearing me thin.
Blog text (4) -
Most organizations fail to understand this and hence reach a stall point.
Blog text (31) -
Many countries have experienced a plateau as commitment stalls and focus shifts in response to progress.
Blog text (20) -
It’s just another stall tactic.
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The politician's speech was nothing but a stall to avoid answering the difficult questions.
Synonyms
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3.8
A delay that stops something from moving forward
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4.7
A situation where people wait to see what others do to gain an advantage
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8.6
A way of slowing a process on purpose to stop change, often in politics
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6.3
Delaying something on purpose to gain time or avoid a decision
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8.2
Refusing to answer questions or help to delay progress
Antonyms
Compounds
- Indian
A small movable stand that sells hot coffee and simple food on streets, often at night
- Specialized
A gate at the starting line that holds each horse or racer before a race starts
How Evasive
- Literature
7
8.2
222
4.8
11
6.2
- Specialized
38
6.2
39
3.7
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word stall for a delaying trick comes from the idea 'to make stand' from the old English steall, so to use a stall is to make things 'stand still' and buy more time.