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- interjection sports To call for a time-out.
- interjection idiomatic To call for a suspension of activity or conversation.
- noun Alternative spelling of
time-out . - verb transitive, communication to end (an incomplete task) after a
time limit - verb intransitive, communication of a task, to be terminated because it was not completed before a time limit
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- noun a pause from doing something (as work)
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