waiting game
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.97 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A strategy or course of action in which one or more parties refrain from direct action until circumstances change in their favor.
Example Sentences
- "to play the waiting game"
- "[…] inasmuch as nothing was really and rationally to be hoped for but a long continuance of the siege and wearying out of the English, they were naturally a little afraid of Joan's impetuous notions. He said— “You see, we are sure that the waiting game is the best, whereas you would carry everything by storm.”"
- "With Sam the only menace, I had been prepared to play a purely waiting game, watching proceedings from afar, ready to give my help if necessary."
- "It was a waiting game, and whichever waited the longer was bound to win."
- "I hear a voice but it's not yours / I count the score / I can't go on playing the waiting game"
- "Arafat and Sharon have both been playing a waiting game since the Israeli leader's election a year ago."