time
/taɪm/
- noun 29
- verb 6
- exclamation 3
- forms 3
- phrases 20
noun29
verb6
exclamation3
forms
timed · timing · times
Phrases with time
- time outTo end (an incomplete task) after a time limit.
- long timeUsed as part of greeting of two people who have not been in contact for a long time.
- about timeFar past the desired time.
- ahead of one's timeIn advance of concurrent commonly accepted ideas; showing characteristics of changes yet to be.
- any time nowVery soon.
- any time soonsoon
- at this point in timeright now, or in the near and foreseeable future
- before someone's timeFrom before one was born or old enough to be aware of the world.
- behind its timeShowing characteristics of the past; present in one's work after later advances in the field; coming later than could be generally accepted.
- behind timeLate, arriving late.
- bide one's timeTo wait, especially for a suitable opportunity.
- borrowed timeA period of time whose precise duration is not known but which can be expected to be quite limited, and at the end of which one's situation, benefits, or opportunities will be entirely terminated.
- burn timeThe amount of time in which which the propellant charge of a rocket engine is completely consumed.
- buy timeTo purposefully cause a delay, in order to achieve something else.
- Centrelink timeA frustratingly long, unpredictable, and often tedious waiting time spent when dealing with the Australian government's welfare and social services agency.
- come to timeTo maintain an appointment; to meet expectations.
- dawn of timeThe beginning of time, of the universe, of the world, of mankind or of history.
- do one's own timeTo serve a prison sentence without becoming involved in any illicit dealings or prison gangs.
- effluxion of timeThe passage of time, especially as a cause of change in itself.
- every timeAt each occasion that.