take time out

== English == === Verb === take time out (third-person singular simple present takes time out, present participle taking time out, simple past took time out, past participle taken time out) (idiomatic, often followed by from) To temporarily suspend an activity in order to do something else. ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “take time out”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present. “take time out (to do something)” in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, Longman.