time out

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time out

1. (sports) To call for a time-out.
2. (idiomatic) To call for a suspension of activity or conversation.
3. (live action roleplaying games) Used to announce the end of time in and the beginning of time out.

time out (countable and uncountable, plural time outs)

1. Alternative spelling of time-out
2. (uncountable, live action roleplaying games) The period of a live action roleplaying event when players are out of character.
3. (countable, live action roleplaying games) The point at which such a period begins.

• time in (live action role-playing games)

time out (third-person singular simple present times out, present participle timing out, simple past and past participle timed out)

1. (transitive, communication) To end (an incomplete task) after a time limit.
2. (intransitive, communication) Of a task, to be terminated because it was not completed before a time limit.

   The download timed out because your Internet connection was disrupted.

3. (transitive, business, human resources) To record the end of one's day or shift at work.

• time in