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, time out, breakage, rupture

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1. List of paraphrases for "time-out":

   timeout, holdtime, break

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1. Angela Merkel:

   The alternative to this agreement would not be a 'time-out' from the euro ... but rather predictable chaos.

2. Robert Sege:

   Toddlers crave their parent's attention, so use that to your advantage, pay attention to the things your children do that are wonderful ; reward them for those with praise. Then when they do something you don't like, put them in time-out and take the attention away. Use that. That's how time-outs work.

3. Real Live Preacher:

   There isnt much better in this life than finding a way to spend a few hours in conversation with people you respect and love. You have to carve this time out of your life because you arent really living without it.

4. Joe Biden:

   That's what this election is about. I'm happy to debate that issue and all those issues with my friends because guess what, look who won the races. Look who won last time out, by the way, I think Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, but Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez won a primary. In the general election fights, who won ? Mainstream Democrats who are very progressive on social issues and very strong on education and healthcare.

5. Philipp Hildebrand:

   It is time we let this process play out and crucially regulators also need a time out to assess the impact of all the flurry of measures adopted since the great financial crisis.