guadagnare tempo

== Italian == === Etymology === Literally, “to gain time”. Compare French gagner du temps. === Verb === guadagnàre tempo (first-person singular present guadàgno tempo, first-person singular past historic guadagnài tempo, past participle guadagnàto tempo, auxiliary avére) to buy time Synonyms: prendere tempo, tergiversare; see also Thesaurus:temporeggiare to do (something) early so as to have more time later on; to precrastinate to save time ==== See also ==== perdere tempo