v. 25B6; verb EQUIVOCATE, procrastinate, play for time, play a waiting game, stall, use delaying tactics, delay, hang back, prevaricate; Brit. hum and haw; rare tergiversate.
TEMPORIZE
Meaning of TEMPORIZE in English
Concise Oxford thesaurus English vocabulary. Краткий оксфордский словарь английского языка тезаурус. 2012