1. A brief suspension of play
   "each team has two time-outs left"

1. A pause from doing something (as work)
   "he took time out to recuperate"
   - respite, recess, break

Derived forms: time-outs, time outs

Type of: break, intermission, interruption, pause, suspension

Part of: athletic game

Encyclopedia: Time out

• in flagrante delicto
• in flight
• in for
• in force
• in front
• in full
• in full action
• in full swing
• in full view
• in gear
• in general
• in good order
• in good spirits
• in good taste
• in good time
• in great confusion
• in hand
• in haste
• pleasure
• pleasure boat
• pleasure craft
• pleasure ground
• pleasure principle
• pleasure seeker
• pleasure trip