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WAITING GAME
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Dictionary entry overview: What does waiting game mean?
• WAITING GAME (noun)
The noun WAITING GAME has 1 sense:
1. a strategy of delay
Familiarity information: WAITING GAME used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A strategy of delay
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("waiting game" is a kind of...):
scheme; strategy (an elaborate and systematic plan of action)
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