for the time being meaning

• Adverb: for the time being
  1. Temporarily
     "we'll stop for the time being"
     - for the moment

  Encyclopedia: For the time being

• 
  [American idiom]
  for the present; for now; temporarily.
  • This will have to do for the moment.
  • This is all right for the time being. It'll have to be improved next week, however.
  
• 
  [American slang]
  Go to for the moment

• time being:    Noun: time beingTh ...
• being:    Noun: being & ...
• into being:    [American slang]in ...

Examples

1. let 's put up a shed here for the time being.
2. let 's put the matter aside for the time being.
3. here the front stabilized for the time being.
4. do n't breathe a word about this for the time being.
5. i am staying at a friend 's house for the time being.