time out

See also time-out, and timeout

English

Wikipedia

Interjection

time out

1. (sports) To call for a time-out.
2. (idiomatic) To call for a suspension of activity or conversation.

Noun

time out (plural time outs)

1. Alternative spelling of time-out.

Verb

time out (third-person singular simple present times out, present participle timing out, simple past and past participle timed out)

1. (transitive, communication) to end (an incomplete task) after a time limit
2. (intransitive, communication) of a task, to be terminated because it was not completed before a time limit

Translations

to end (an incomplete task) after a time limit

• French: arrêter (fr), mettre fin (fr) à, interrompre (fr)

of a task, to be terminated because it was not completed before a time limit