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timeout
noun(time-out)a brief suspension of activity : break; especially : a suspension of play in an athletic game
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noun(time-out)a quiet period used especially as a disciplinary measure for children
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noun(time-out)time so long past as to be indefinite in history or tradition —called also time out of mind
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noun(time-out)a time antedating a period legally fixed as the basis for a custom or right
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noun phrase(time-out)time immemorial
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idiom(time-out)to ask for a short period of time to stop doing something in order to rest or do something else
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idiom(time-out)to stop doing what one is doing in order to do something else for a while —usually used with from