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No doubt a delaying tactic to keep himself from snapping at her.

But your delaying tactics will have limited effect on me, Captain!

Its delaying tactic would buy time for the deployment of additional forces.

Now, her delaying tactics were putting them well behind in their journey.

Now, can we cut out the delaying tactics and get on with it?

But then he realized that it was a deliberate delaying tactic.

As a delaying tactic he asked, "Where'd all of you come from?"

I'll have to take your delaying tactic as a no.

I would also like to say, quite clearly, that we are opposed to any delaying tactics.

So the guns were just a security blanket, a delaying tactic before the end.