stall for time

to cause a delay intentionally. You are just stalling for time. Please hurry. she is stalling for time, hoping someone will rescue her.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Yuda	YOO-dah	Indonesian
Rajneesh	-	Indian, Hindi
Isaac	IE-zək (English)	English, Jewish, Biblical, Biblical Latin
Nevenka	-	Croatian, Serbian, Slovene
Hannes	HAH-nes (German), HAHN-nes (Swedish, Finnish), HAHN-nəs (Dutch)	German, Swedish, Dutch, Finnish
Sawyl	-	Welsh