<p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>To be indecisive or evasive to gain time or delay acting.</li><li>To comply with the time or occasion; yield temporarily or ostensibly to prevailing opinion or circumstances.</li><li>To treat or parley so as to gain time (usually followed by "with").</li><li>To come to terms (usually followed by "with").</li><li>To effect a compromise (usually followed by "between").</li></ul><p><strong>Synonyms</strong></p><ul><li>Equivocate</li><li>Stall</li><li>Hedge</li></ul>