waiting game

noun
a stratagem in which action on a matter is reserved for or postponed to a later time, allowing one to wait for a more advantageous time to act or to see what develops in the meantime.

Origin:
1885–90

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waiting game
 
n
the postponement of action or decision in order to gain the advantage

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Waiting game is always a great word to know.
So is doohickey. Does it mean:
a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
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Idioms & Phrases

waiting game

see play a waiting game.

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Example sentences
The next day they refueled the plane, and began to play the weather waiting
  game again-but this time, from the ground.
The endless waiting game is over: no waiting for a rented car, tee time, or
  tennis court.
College baseball plays waiting game with uniform start date.
During the waiting game, a squirrel bark call or distress call can really get
  them barking, giving away their location.
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