play a waiting game

by A. Makkai, M.T. Boatner, J.E. Gates

[play a waiting game] {v. phr.}

To withhold action until one's chances for success improve.

* /Ray would like to be vice president of the company so he is playing a waiting game in the hope that the president will soon recognize his abilities./

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	success ⁶⁶ {v. phr.} ²¹⁸³

Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms

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