(1) To schedule an event or meeting only to
cancel last minute or ignore it altogether;
(2) To
state that an event or meeting
will last a certain amount of time only to drag it out far beyond the originally stated time.
I was supposed to
meet with Ben yesterday, but got Lonsdaled instead.
Ben
said the meeting would only last 20 minutes, but he Lonsdaled us and went an hour and a
half.