1. buy time - Verb
2. buy time - Phrase
act so as to delay an event or action in order to gain an advantage
Source: WordNetYou can't buy time or save it, common idioms notwithstanding. You can only spend it. Eric Zorn
Time will take your money, but money won't buy time. James Taylor
Time. I would have gone somewhere to buy time. Ally Carter
City people try to buy time as a rule, when they can, whereas country people are prepared to kill time, although both try to cherish in their mind's eye the notion of a better life ahead. Edward Hoagland
The best training is to read and write, no matter what. Don't live with a lover or roommate who doesn't respect your work. Don't lie, buy time, borrow to buy time. Write what will stop your breath if you don't write. Grace Paley
Better to sell than buy time. Finnish Proverb