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Definition of taihoa in English: taihoaexclamation ˈtʌɪhəʊə NZ informal A request or instruction to delay or be patient; hold on. I am coming to it, taihoa Example sentencesExamples - Thieving to the benefit of Labour is OK, but just a bit embarrassing right now, so taihoa, bro.
- With lofty indifference, they said to us with Socratic brevity, "Taihoa."
- The old priest raised his eyebrows, shot a mocking glance at my friend, and said, "Taihoa."
- The more you say 'taihoa', the more restless he becomes.
- Hang on a minute, taihoa, there were troubled waters ahead.
- Hey, taihoa, easily embarrassed people—I'm not going on another diatribe.
- To every solicitation, they had only one answer: Taihoa.
- This masterly policy of inactivity, represented by the word 'taihoa', had been played off by the Maoris with wonderful success.
- 'Taihoa' is their reply to remonstrance.
- If you ask him to sell you a mat, a horse, or a greenstone ornament, he has but one reply: Taihoa.
verbˈtʌɪhəʊə [no object]NZ informal Delay or postpone an action. they taihoaed while they tucked into some brunch with object twenty boys sat the qualification test, with eight deciding to taihoa a year Example sentencesExamples - The minister has been urged to taihoa on negotiations.
- Voters are telling him to taihoa.
- Just taihoa with the embarrassing stories and we will get on just fine.
- Every time you talk about leadership ambitions, you can rest assured there’s a chainsaw behind you cutting you as you speak, so I’ll just taihoa.
- He has fronted a campaign to taihoa on alcohol consumption.
- I applaud the government for intervening in that scenario and saying it would taihoa on provisional tax.
- They have come from every corner of New Zealand to tell us in this Parliament to taihoa.
- It is time to taihoa.
- A Maori language group says that the minister needs to taihoa on any changes to Maori language agencies.
- They should taihoa on using all that water in our lakes so that we do not have to burn coal.
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