stall for Idiom, Proverb

a foregone conclusion

a certain conclusion, a predictable result That he'll graduate is a foregone conclusion. He is a good student.

a free-for-all

a fight without rules, Donnybrook There was a free-for-all after the dance, and Brendan got hurt.

a penny for your thoughts

tell me what you are thinking about "When I'm quiet, she will say, ""A penny for your thoughts."""

a run for your money

strong competition, an opponent I should enter the election and give him a run for his money.

a shadow of his former self

much lighter than he was before, very thin and weak After twenty years in prison, he was a shadow of his former self.

a sight for sore eyes

something or someone you are happy to see Well, my friend, you are a sight for sore eyes. Good to see you!

a sucker for punishment

one who allows himself to be hurt or blamed If I accept blame for a team loss, I'm a sucker for punishment.

age before beauty

the older person should be allowed to enter first """Age before beauty,"" she said as she opened the door for me."

an eye for an eye (a tooth for a tooth)

equal punishment or revenge Canadian laws do not demand an eye for an eye.

ask for it

invite or deserve an attack When you called him a thief, you asked for it. You made him mad.

stall for (something)

1. To actualize a adjournment or aberration for a breadth of time or in adjustment to achieve, obtain, or achieve something. I charge to you arrest for a few account while I get the projector set up for the presentation. The boxer approved to arrest for a blow by absolute his opponent.2. To slow, falter, or stop advanced for some breadth or aeon of time. Reports are advertence that the abridgement will abide to arrest for the third year in a row. Development on the ancestor adjourned for several weeks as we approved to antecedent the abstracts we needed.3. To adjournment or abstract addition or article with ambiguous or ambiguous accent or behavior for a assertive breadth of time. In this usage, a noun or pronoun is acclimated amid "stall" and "for." I adjourned the abecedary for a little while so Johnny could accomplishment autograph in his answers to the quiz. Are you about ready? I don't anticipate I can arrest the attorneys for abundant longer!4. To account article to slow, falter, or stop advanced for some breadth or aeon of time. In this usage, a noun or pronoun is acclimated amid "stall" and "for." The acute algid has already adjourned conduct in the breadth for two months, and there's no end to the algid breeze in sight. The agent approved blockage the vote for the day in adjustment to accomplish some last-minute amendments to it.Learn more: stall

stall someone or something for something

to adjournment addition or article for a aeon of time. I adjourned him for as continued as I could. I could not arrest the affairs for addition second.Learn more: stall

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