time out

1. hobbiesTo call for a time-out.
2. idiomaticTo call for a suspension of activity or conversation.
3. live action roleplaying gamesUsed to announce the end of time in and the beginning of time out.

plural time outs

1. alternativecountableuncountableAlternative spelling of time-out.
2. uncountablelive action roleplaying gamesThe period of a live action roleplaying event when players are out of character.
3. countablelive action roleplaying gamesThe point at which such a period begins.

present singular third person times out · participle present timing out · participle past timed out · past timed out

1. transitivecommunicationTo end (an incomplete task) after a time limit.
2. intransitivecommunicationOf a task, to be terminated because it was not completed before a time limit.

   The download timed out because your Internet connection was disrupted.

3. transitivehuman resourcesbusinessTo record the end of one's day or shift at work.
4. transitiveball gamesTo declare (the batsman) out for having taken longer than two minutes to appear on the field.