They -the people- suggested to Pharaoh that they should adapt themselves and - Surah Ash-Shu‘ara’ ayat 36 in Tafsir

﴿قَالُوٓاْ أَرۡجِهۡ وَأَخَاهُ وَٱبۡعَثۡ فِي ٱلۡمَدَآئِنِ حَٰشِرِينَ ﴾
[الشعراء: 36]

They -the people- suggested to Pharaoh that they should adapt themselves and conform to the time and circumstances and avoid dispute so as to gain time, and they said: "the time to degrade and defeat him has not come yet. Meanwhile, send O Pharaoh some of your recruits to the cities to gather to themselves the multitude of men who practice magic

﴿قالوا أرجه وأخاه وابعث في المدائن حاشرين﴾ [الشعراء: 36]

Dr Kamal Omar
They said: “Put him off and his brother (for a while), and send callers for the cities

Dr Laleh Bakhtiar
They said: Put him and his brother off and raise up ones who summon in the cities

Dr Munir Munshey
They said, "Let him and his brother go back. Then, send your agents to the cities

Edward Henry Palmer
They said, 'Give him and his brother some hope, and send into the cities to collect

Farook Malik
They submitted: "Put him and his brother off for a while, and dispatch heralds to the various cities

George Sale
They answered, delay him, and his brother by good words for a time; and send through the cities men to assemble

Maududi
They said: "Detain him and his brother for a while and send forth heralds to the cities