time displacement
noun
Displacement in time or with respect to time; specifically the displacement by an activity of another activity that would have been done in the same period of time.
Origin
Late 19th century; earliest use found in London, Edinburgh and Dublin Philosophical Magazine.
- keep late (or regular) hours
- keep mum
- keepnet
- keep nit
- keep off
- keep on
- keep on about
- keep on at
- keep one's bed
- keep one's chin up
- keep one's countenance
- keep one's distance
- keep one's eye on (or take one's eye off) the ball
- keep one's eyes open (or peeled or skinned)
- keep one's feet
- keep one's fingers crossed
- keep one's hands clean
- keep one's head
- keep one's head above water
- keep one's head down
- keep one's mouth shut
- keep one's nose clean
- keep one's nose out of
- keep one's nose to the grindstone
- keep one's own counsel