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Zeit schinden

to play for time

Türkçe: zaman kazanmak için oyalamak

Noun
die Zeit f.
Verb
schinden
Topic
Zeit und Ablauf
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Colloquial, typical in football and in negotiations

In a sentence

Die Mannschaft hat in den letzten Minuten nur noch Zeit geschunden.

How it is used

Means to delay on purpose to gain time. Colloquial, typical in football and in negotiations. The participle is 'geschunden'.

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