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单词 quit stalling
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quit stalling
b. intransitive. To prevaricate; to be evasive. Also, to play for time or temporize. Frequently in U.S. colloquial phrase quit stalling (usually imperative). Originally U.S.
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the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > untimeliness > delay or postponement > delay [verb (intransitive)] > play for time
temporize1579
to gain time1720
to play for time1883
stall1903
the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > cunning > be cunning or act cunningly [verb (intransitive)] > be evasive
shift1580
shuffle1602
to shuffle up and down1633
stall1903
1903 A. H. Lewis Boss 23 [If] Big Kennedy shows up to stall ag'inst you, why I should say [etc.].
1932 W. Faulkner Light in August ix. 202Quit stalling,’ the stranger said. ‘If you croaked the guy, say so.’
1934 D. Runyon in Collier's 24 Nov. 52/2 All she can think of..is to stall for time.
1953 J. Hilton Time & Time Again iii. 220 He was stalling for time.
1959 F. Hobson Death on Back-bench viii. 101 Just quit stalling..and come clean.
1969 Listener 9 Jan. 41/2 Suppose Mr Ransom suddenly seized Miss Gold and flung her down on the office table with a snarl of ‘Quit stalling,’ like one of her favourite film actors.
1980 S. Naipaul Black & White i. iii. 34 For more than a year the Guyanese courts had been stalling on the custody suit his parents had brought.
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