Usually means: Gain additional time for action.
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  1. buy time: Merriam-Webster
  2. buy time: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. buy time: Vocabulary.com
  4. buy time: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  5. buy time: Wiktionary
  6. buy time: Dictionary.com
  7. buy time: Rhymezone
  8. buy time: FreeDictionary.org
  9. buy time: Mnemonic Dictionary
  10. buy time: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. buy time: Idioms

Definitions from Wiktionary (buy time)

verb:  (idiomatic) To purposefully cause a delay, in order to achieve something else.

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