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Time out
01
a brief pause or interruption in an activity
Grammatical Information
Animacy status
Inanimate
Plural form
time outs
Examples
The coach called a time out during the game.
to time out
01
(computing) to cancel an operation or to turn off the computer automatically because a predefined interval of time has passed without a certain event happening
Grammatical Information
Action verb
Regular
Present tense
time out
3rd person singular
times out
Past simple
timed out
Past participle
timed out
