stall for

stall someone or something for something

to delay someone or something for a period of time. I stalled him for as long as I could. I could not stall the proceedings for another second.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Nurul	-	Arabic, Indonesian, Malay
Victor	['viktə]
OcÉAne	o-se-AHN	French
Parvati	PAHR-vah-tee	Hinduism, Indian, Hindi
Gianfranco	jahn-FRAHN-ko	Italian
EugÈNe	uu-ZHEN	French