1. (v. t.) To delay; to procrastinate\.

2. (v. t.) To comply with the time or occasion; to humor, or yield to, the current of opinion or circumstances; also, to trim, as between two parties.

3. (v. t.) To comply; to agree.

be a timeserver be dilatory continue dawdle drag out draw out dwell on extend filibuster gain time hang hang back hang fire hesitate hold off lengthen lengthen out linger on make time play for time procrastinate prolong protract put off spin out stall stall for time stall off stooge around stretch out talk against time trim