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Definition of Time out
1. Noun. A pause from doing something (as work). "He took time out to recuperate"
Generic synonyms: Pause
Specialized synonyms: Spring Break
Derivative terms: Break, Recess
Definition of Time out
1. Interjection. (sports) To call for a time-out. ¹
2. Interjection. (idiomatic) To call for a suspension of activity or conversation. ¹
3. Noun. (alternative spelling of time-out) ¹
4. Verb. (transitive communication) to end (an incomplete task) after a time limit ¹
5. Verb. (intransitive communication) of a task, to be terminated because it was not completed before a time limit ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Time Out
Literary usage of Time out
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Ecclesiastical Law by Richard Burn, Robert Philip Tyrwhitt (1824)
"The king and his ancestors since time out of mind have used} The clergy in this
parliament inveighing vehemently against this answer, and that it tended to ..."
2. The First Part of the Institutes of the Laws of England, Or, A Commentary ...by Edward Coke, Thomas Littleton, Francis Hargrave, Charles Butler, Matthew Hale, Heneage Finch Nottingham by Edward Coke, Thomas Littleton, Francis Hargrave, Charles Butler, Matthew Hale, Heneage Finch Nottingham (1817)
"... the other tenant which hath the other moity, and with his ancestors, or with
those whose state he hath undivided J, time out of minde of man. ..."
3. The Original Lists of Persons of Quality: Emigrants, Religious Exiles by Great Britain Public Record Office, John Camden Hotten (1874)
"... Comander time out October the 6"' 1679 CHARLES EUAN in the Sloop true friendship
for ... Comander time out November y 6"' 1679 COURTNEY \VM in the Sloop ..."
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