Synonyms for time out
time out

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1. time-outnoun

   a brief suspension of play

   "each team has two time-outs left"

2. respite, recess, break, time outnoun

   a pause from doing something (as work)

   "we took a 10-minute break"; "he took time out to recuperate"

   Synonyms:
   prison-breaking, rest period, deferral, rest, recession, jailbreak, respite, relief, corner, interruption, rift, intermission, severance, niche, falling out, prisonbreak, suspension, recess, breakout, faulting, break of serve, inlet, geological fault, gap, break, good luck, breaking, disruption, reprieve, open frame, gaolbreak, abatement, hiatus, breach, happy chance, fault, pause, shift, fracture, breakage, rupture

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1. Darren Cahill:

   With any good period of time out of the game is opportunity for change, there are a lot of positives related to that but I think with something so big the devil's in the details.

2. Hugh Jackman:

   For those of us here in the Northern Hemisphere, please wear sunscreen. It is just not worth it. No matter how much you want a tan. Trust me, put some sunscreen on. You’ll still have an incredible time out there, all right. Please be safe.

3. South African Open:

   I am really very comfortable in life, in general, I’m having a good time out there. Like Bobby Locke once said, he’s never seen a grumpy good putter. But you see a lot of grumpy bad putters.

4. The Washingtonian:

   But Cantor, who was defeated in his 2014 primary by unknown economics professor Dave Brat, seemed to admit theGOPbattle-cry was just a charade. … ‘We sort of all got what was going on, that there was this disconnect in terms of communication, because no one wanted to take the time out in the general public to even think about ‘Wait a minute — that can’t happen,’ if you’ve got that anger working for you, you’re gonna let it be.

5. Barack Obama:

   Going into the fourth quarter, you usually get a time-out, i am now looking forward to a quiet time-out, Christmas with my family.