filibuster
/ˈfɪlɪbʌstə/
US pronunciation
American sound/ˈfɪlɪbʌstə/
filibuster
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- Final r is pronounced in US English
fi - li - bus - ter -> filibuster
Myanmar meaning
(n) (လေကြောရှည်ခြင်းဖြင့်) ဥပဒေတစ်ရပ် မပြဋဿဌာန်းဖြစ်အောင် အချိန်ဆွဲခြင်း။ (v) ဥပဒေ ပြဋဿဌာန်းမှုကို ကဖျက်ယဖျက် လုပ်သည်။
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filibuster / 'fÇlÇbʌstǝ(r) / n (esp US )
(လေကြောရှည်ခြင်းဖြင့်) ဥပဒေတစ်ရပ် မပြဋ္ဌာန်းဖြစ်အောင် အချိန်ဆွဲခြင်း။
v (esp US ) ဥပဒေ ပြဋ္ဌာန်းမှုကို ကဖျက်ယဖျက် လုပ်သည်။
filibustering tactics.
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- filibuster / 'fÇlÇbʌstǝ(r) / n ( esp US ) (လေကြောရှည်ခြင်းဖြင့်) ဥပဒေတစ်ရပ် မပြဋ္ဌာန်းဖြစ်အောင် အချိန်ဆွဲခြင်း။ v ( esp US ) ဥပဒေ ပြဋ္ဌာန်းမှုကို ကဖျက်ယဖျက် လုပ်သည်။ filibustering tactics.
Synonyms
avoid the issue, beat around bush, beat around the bush, beating around the bush, bide time, delay, drag feet, drag one's feet, filibustering, gain time, get no place fast, goof around, held over, hindrance, hold off, hold over, hold the phone, holding the floor, interference, intermit, intermitted, keep back, kept back, lay over, lose time, lost time, not move, not moving, opposition, play for time, postponement, procrastination, prorogue, prorogued, remand, remanded, slow down, slowed down, slowing down, stall, stand off, stand still, standing still, stick around, stonewall, stonewalling, stop over, stopping over, take one's time, taking one's time, talkathon, tarry, tooled, tooling, warm a chair
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avoid the issuebeat around bushbeat around the bushbeating around the bushbide timedelaydrag feetdrag one's feetfilibusteringgain timeget no place fastgoof aroundheld overhindrancehold offhold overhold the phoneholding the floorinterferenceintermitintermittedkeep backkept backlay overlose timelost timenot movenot moving
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