time-out

[ US /ˈtaɪˌmaʊt/ ]
NOUN
  1. a brief suspension of play
    each team has two time-outs left
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How To Use time-out In A Sentence

  • The coach called a time-out to discuss strategy.
  • If some of this makes "Eclipse" sound talkier than it is (i.e. quite talky and sometimes pleasantly so), the production, under David Slade's workmanlike direction, takes several time-outs or time-ins, depending on your bloodlust level for bluntly efficient if familiar battles. 'Eclipse' Makes 'Twilight' a Bit Brighter
  • Cue all manner of cat-and-mouse games, romantic ‘time-outs’ and the inevitable slushy finale.
  • This event can be a time-out for a specified duration, or it can be based on the arrival of documents in a given resume list.
  • So it was something of a surprise when he soldiered on against Roddick after calling a medical time-out so he could get treatment on his right wrist midway through the second set. Wimbledon 2011: Andy Roddick turns on power against Victor Hanescu
  • If you can't find what they need now or if it feels like the person's only agenda is to beat you to a pulp, don't feel badly about taking a time-out if needed.
  • His release from time-out required that he quieten down and comply with the original request on his return.
  • Rather, the deferral is taken without prejudice; it is a pause, a time-out, to allow the Insight via Twitter into NASA Appropriations logic (or lack thereof) - NASA Watch
  • The coach called a time-out to discuss strategy.
  • Advice to parents in recent years has been far too obsessed with ideas such as the naughty step and time-out, according to two psychologists who have written a book as an antidote to the supernanny approach. Archive 2008-03-01
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