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time-out

noun
/ˈtaɪm.aʊt/UK

Etymology

From time + out.

  1. inherited from *úd✻
  2. inherited from *ūtai✻
  3. inherited from ūte
  4. inherited from *ūt✻
  5. inherited from *ūt✻
  6. inherited from ūt
  7. inherited from out
  8. compounded as time-out — “time + out”

Definitions

  1. A short break in the action of a sport, for substitution, consultation, etc.

    • We're being beaten! We need a time-out!

  2. A break from a tense, heated or stressful situation (often enforced, sometimes as a…

    A break from a tense, heated or stressful situation (often enforced, sometimes as a disciplinary measure); a cooling-off period.

    • I'm going to take a brief time-out from this job.
    • Hitting people is not acceptable! Go to your room and take a time-out!
    • As punishment, my mom gave me a 15-minute time-out.

  3. A perhaps temporary break in a relationship.

  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. The abortion of an incomplete task after a time limit considered long enough for it to…

      The abortion of an incomplete task after a time limit considered long enough for it to end normally.

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