time-out
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time-out
- /ˈtaɪm.aʊt/ UK
- /ˈtaɪm ˈaʊt/ UK
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From time + out.
noun time-outs · timeout
- A short break in the action of a sport, for substitution, consultation, etc. We're being beaten! We need a time-out!
- 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.
- A perhaps temporary break in a relationship.
- The abortion of an incomplete task after a time limit considered long enough for it to end normally.
