take time (?.)
- abide
- await
- bide
- bide the issue
- buy time
- consume time
- dally
- dawdle
- delay
- dillydally
- hang about
- hang around
- hold everything
- hold on
- hold your horses
- keep time
- kill time
- linger
- loiter
- look for time
- mark time
- measure time
- occupy time
- pass time
- put in time
- race against time
- sit tight
- sit up
- spend time
- stay
- stay up
- stick around
- summer
- take up time
- tarry
- use time
- wait
- wait a minute
- wait and see
- weekend
- winter
- work against time