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
Eduarda	-	Portuguese
Tycho	TIE-ko (English)	Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Antonina	ahn-taw-NEE-nah (Polish), ahn-tah-NEE-nah (Russian)	Italian, Polish, Russian, Ancient Roman
EdmÉ	-	French (Archaic)
Eevi	E:-vee	Finnish
Halima	-	Arabic