Communication
buy time
create a short pause
To buy time is to create a short period in which you can think or prepare before responding.
Hear it in real life
What did you say when they asked for an answer?
I asked for more information to buy time.
I asked her to send the proposal by email to buy myself some time.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: I need to win some time before I answer.
Say: I need to buy some time before I answer.
For deliberately creating a short delay, use “buy time,” not “win time.”
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
buy time; buy yourself some time; buy time to do something
Your turn: say it out loud
I asked her to send the proposal by email to buy myself some time.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
buy time
create a short pause
“I asked her to send the proposal by email to buy myself some time.”
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