[jQuery] jQuery Delay or SetTimeout equivalent

[jQuery] jQuery Delay or SetTimeout equivalent

I am using jQuery to add some UI behavior to my site's menu.  I am using CSS to control the pop-out menu, but I wanted to add a little javascript to delay the menu from closing after you mouse off of a main menu item.  This would allow the user to not loose the popped out submenu if they moved off of the main menu item as they could quickly move back on to it before the menu closes because of the delay.
Any insight into this?
Am I missing something simple?
Eric
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