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Waiting Game (Noun)

Meaning

A strategy of delay.

Classification

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents.

Examples

  • The union representatives employed a waiting game strategy, hoping that the company would eventually agree to their demands.
  • In the negotiation, the buyer was playing a waiting game, waiting for the seller to make the first concession.
  • The waiting game favored the defense, as the prosecution's case relied heavily on a key witness who had yet to testify.
  • The country's economic sanctions were part of a larger waiting game, as the government hoped to wear down the opposing nation's will to resist.
  • The investor was advised to play a waiting game, holding onto the stock until the market fluctuations stabilized.

Hypernyms

  • Strategy
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