PLAY A WAITING GAME

Meaning of PLAY A WAITING GAME in English

v. phr. To withhold action until one's chances for success improve. Ray would like to be vice president of the company so he is playing a waiting game in the hope that the president will soon recognize his abilities.

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PLAY A WAITING GAME — {v. phr.} To withhold action until one's chances for success improve. * /Ray would like to be vice president of …
Slang English vocab
PLAY A WAITING GAME — {v. phr.} To withhold action until one's chances for success improve. * /Ray would like to be vice president of …
Словарь английских идиом
PLAY — I In zoology, actions that have all the elements of purposeful behaviour but are performed for no apparent reason. Play …
Английский словарь Британика
PLAY
Webster's New International English Dictionary
GAME
Webster's New International English Dictionary
WAITING — present part of wait
Webster's New International English Dictionary
WAITING — () a. & n. from Wait, v.
Английский словарь Webster
WAITING — (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Wait
Английский словарь Webster
WAITING — a. & n. from Wait, v.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
WAITING — ( p. pr. & vb. n. ) of Wait
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
WAITING — — waitingly , adv. /way"ting/ , n. 1. a period of waiting; pause, interval, or delay. 2. in waiting , …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PLAY
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
GAME — game 1 — gameless , adj. — gamelike , adj. — gameness , n. /gaym/ , n., adj., gamer, gamest …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
WAITING — n. remaining in one place until a certain time or event
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
WAITING — adj. serving, attending to (as to royalty)
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
PLAY — I. ˈplā noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English plega; akin to Old English plegan to play, Middle Dutch pleyen …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
GAME — I. ˈgām noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English gamen; akin to Old High German gaman amusement Date: before 12th …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
WAITING — adj & ·noun from wait, v. 2. waiting ·p.pr. & ·vb.n. of wait.
Webster English vocab
PLAY — noun amusement; sport; frolic; gambols. 2. play ·noun performance on an instrument of music. 3. play ·noun to act on …
Webster English vocab
GAME — noun crooked; lame; as, a game leg. 2. game ·noun to play at any sport or diversion. 3. game ·vi …
Webster English vocab
WAITING — noun park a vehicle for a short time at the side of a road. → wait
Concise Oxford English vocab
PLAY
Merriam-Webster English vocab
GAME — [game] n [ME, fr. OE gamen; akin to OHG gaman amusement] (bef. 12c) 1 a (1): activity engaged in for …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
GAME — a universal form of recreation generally including any activity engaged in for diversion or amusement and often establishing a situation …
Britannica English vocabulary
WAITING — / ˈweɪtɪŋ; NAmE / noun [ U ] 1. the fact of staying where you are or delaying doing sth …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PLAY — / pleɪ; NAmE / verb , noun ■ verb OF CHILDREN 1. play (with sb/sth) to do things for pleasure, …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
GAME — / geɪm; NAmE / noun , adjective ■ noun ACTIVITY / SPORT 1. [ C ] an activity or a …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PLAY
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
GAME — I. game 1 S1 W1 /ɡeɪm/ BrE AmE noun [ Language: Old English ; Origin: gamen ] 1 . ACTIVITY …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
WAITING — n. 1 in senses of WAIT v. 2 a official attendance at court. b one's period of this. øwaiting game …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
PLAY
Английский основной разговорный словарь
GAME — n., adj., & v. --n. 1 a form or spell of play or sport, esp. a competitive one played according …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
WAITING — n. 1 in senses of WAIT v. 2 a official attendance at court. b one's period of this. waiting game …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
PLAY
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
GAME — n., adj., & v. n. 1 a form or spell of play or sport, esp. a competitive one played according …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
WAITING — n.1 in senses of WAIT v. 2 a official attendance at court. b one's period of this. Phrases and idioms: …
Oxford English vocab
PLAY
Oxford English vocab
GAME — 1. n., adj., & v. --n. 1. a form or spell of play or sport, esp. a competitive one played …
Oxford English vocab
PLAY
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
GAME — ( games) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. A game is an …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PLAY
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
GAME — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a ball game ▪ He’s always watching ball games on TV. a championship game/match …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
PLAY — n. song play chronicle play history play miracle play morality play mumming play mummers' play mystery play Passion play problem …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
WAITING — Synonyms and related words : about to be, agape, agog, all agog, already in sight, anticipant, anticipating, anticipative, anticipatory, anxiety, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
PLAY — Synonyms and related words : ALGOL, COBOL, FORTRAN, Grand Guignol, Passion play, Tom show, abuse, accentuate, accompany, act, act a …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
WAITING — I. noun Waiting is used before these nouns: ↑ area , ↑ list , ↑ lounge , ↑ period , …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
WAITING — • ↑ keep sb waiting
Longman Activator English vocab
GAME — INDEX: 1. an activity played by rules that you do for enjoyment 2. an occasion when people compete against each …
Longman Activator English vocab
PLAY — n. 25B6; verb the children played with toys : AMUSE ONESELF, entertain oneself, enjoy oneself, have fun; relax, occupy oneself, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
GAME — n. 25B6; noun the children invented a new game : PASTIME, diversion, entertainment, amusement, distraction, divertissement, recreation, sport, activity. See …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
PLAY — v. 1 amuse oneself, frolic, frisk, cavort, gambol, caper, sport, have fun, have a good time, enjoy oneself, disport (oneself), …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
GAME — n. 1 amusement, pastime, diversion, distraction, recreation, play; sport She regards love as just a game 2 contest, competition, meeting …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
WAITING — 1. сущ. ожидание 2. прил. 1) выжидательный Syn : expectant, temporizing 2) ждущий, ожидающий 3) прислуживающий 4) придворный ожидание - …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
PLAY
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
GAME — игра - noisy * шумная игра - indoor *s игры в закрытом помещении - children's *s детские игры - *s …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
WAITING — 1. ʹweıtıŋ n 1. ожидание tedious waiting - томительное ожидание the coach was in waiting - карета стояла у подъезда …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
PLAY
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
GAME — game.ogg _I 1. geım n 1. игра noisy peaceful game - шумная спокойная игра indoor oudoor games - игры в …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
WAITING — выжидание, ожидание play the waiting game — выжидать problem with waiting — задача об обслуживании с ожиданием theory of waiting lines — теория …
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
PLAY — 1) биение 2) зазор 3) игра 4) играть 5) игровой 6) люфт 7) партия 8) приводить в действие 9) ходить • play [use] strategy — применять стратегию play a part in …
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
GAME — 1) игра || играть 2) партия (в игре) • bending of the game — выигрыш game in an extensive form — игра в развёрнутой …
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
WAITING — waiting сущ.1) ожидание, выжидание waiting for high water — ожидание полной воды, прилива in waiting — в ожидании I am …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
PLAY
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
WAITING — 1. ʹweıtıŋ n 1. ожидание tedious waiting - томительное ожидание the coach was in waiting - карета стояла у подъезда …
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