ALL meanings of waiting game
wait·ing game
W w - noun waiting game delay to gain advantage 1
- noun waiting game a stratagem in which action on a matter is reserved for or postponed to a later time, allowing one to wait for a more advantageous time to act or to see what develops in the meantime. 1
- noun waiting game (Idiomatic) A strategy or course of action in which one or more parties refrain from direct action until circumstances change in their favor. 0
- countable noun waiting game If you play a waiting game, you deal with a situation by deliberately doing nothing, because you believe you will gain an advantage by acting later, or because you are waiting to see how other people are going to act. 0
- noun waiting game the postponement of action or decision in order to gain the advantage 0
- noun waiting game a scheme by means of which one outwits or wins out over another by delaying or postponing action until one has an advantage 0