verb#7,174 by frequency
stall
/stɔːl/
To employ delaying tactics; to stall for time; To come to a standstill; To cause to stop making progress
- he/she/it
- stalls
- past participle
- stalled
Meanings
- 1
To employ delaying tactics; to stall for time
Tom is stalling for time.
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Tom is just stalling for time.
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- 2
To come to a standstill
- 3
To cause to stop making progress; to hinder; to slow down; to delay or forestall
- 4
To put (an animal, etc.) in a stallrare
- 5
To fattenrare
- 6
To live in, or as if in, a stall; to dwellrare
- 7
To place in an office with the customary formalities; to installrare
- 8
To forestall; to anticipaterare
- 9
To keep close; to keep secretrare
- 10
To employ delaying tactics againstrare