TIME-OUT

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A brief suspension of play

Example:

each team has two time-outs left

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Hypernyms ("time-out" is a kind of...):

break; intermission; interruption; pause; suspension (a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something)

Holonyms ("time-out" is a part of...):

athletic game (a game involving athletic activity)

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