Even light fighting craft can perform a useful delaying action!
Your delaying action was vital for our one small victory in this battle at sea.
The engineer decided to try a delaying action- playing along with him.
Today's financial crisis is the result of yesterday's delaying actions.
But he would fight a delaying action for as long as might be.
At best they were engaged in a delaying action that was certain to spell their end.
And because we are the first, we must fight a delaying action.
All the champion could do was fight a futile delaying action.
Your best course would be to fight a delaying action.
It was a delaying action, Regis knew, not a victory.