Usually means: Delaying action to gain advantage.
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  1. Playing For Time (film), Playing for Time (film), Playing for Time: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  2. Playing for Time: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wikipedia (Playing for Time)

noun:  a BBC Television daytime quiz programme that aired on BBC One from 13 November 2000 to 23 July 2001.
noun:  a 1980 CBS television film, written by Arthur Miller and based on acclaimed musician Fania Fénelon's autobiography The Musicians of Auschwitz.
noun:  "Playing for Time" is a song by English musician Peter Gabriel, released in March 2023 as the third single in promotion of his tenth studio album I/

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