"waiting game" meaning in All languages combined

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          "ref": "1896, Mark Twain, chapter 20, in Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc:",
          "text": "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.\"",
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        {
          "ref": "1913, P. G. Wodehouse, chapter 14, in The Little Nugget:",
          "text": "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.",
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          "ref": "1914, Jack London, “The Siege of the Lancashire Queen,”, in Tales of the Fish Patrol:",
          "text": "It was a waiting game, and whichever waited the longer was bound to win.",
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        {
          "ref": "2002 February 20, Tony Karon, “New Violence Deepens Sharon's Crisis”, in Time:",
          "text": "Arafat and Sharon have both been playing a waiting game since the Israeli leader's election a year ago.",
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        "A strategy or course of action in which one or more parties refrain from direct action until circumstances change in their favor."
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          "refrain",
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        "(idiomatic) A strategy or course of action in which one or more parties refrain from direct action until circumstances change in their favor."
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "strategy of refraining from action until circumstances change",
          "word": "odotuspeli"
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "strategy of refraining from action until circumstances change",
          "word": "temporeggiare"
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "strategy of refraining from action until circumstances change",
          "word": "tergiversare"
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        {
          "ref": "1913, P. G. Wodehouse, chapter 14, in The Little Nugget:",
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        {
          "ref": "1914, Jack London, “The Siege of the Lancashire Queen,”, in Tales of the Fish Patrol:",
          "text": "It was a waiting game, and whichever waited the longer was bound to win.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2002 February 20, Tony Karon, “New Violence Deepens Sharon's Crisis”, in Time:",
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        "(idiomatic) A strategy or course of action in which one or more parties refrain from direct action until circumstances change in their favor."
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "strategy of refraining from action until circumstances change",
      "word": "odotuspeli"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "strategy of refraining from action until circumstances change",
      "word": "temporeggiare"
    },
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "strategy of refraining from action until circumstances change",
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