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reclaim one's time

reclaim one's time verb: to assert control over one's allotted time, in order to stop interruptions and regain speaking time during a parliamentary procedure.

Verb

reclaim one's time (third-person singular simple present reclaims one's time, present participle reclaiming one's time, simple past and past participle reclaimed one's time)

  1. (US, idiomatic) To assert control over one's allotted time, in order to stop interruptions and regain speaking time during a parliamentary procedure.
  2. (broadly, figuratively) To regain control of one's time from distractions, inefficiencies, or the demands of others.

Forms of reclaim one's time

third-person singular presentreclaims one's time
present participlereclaiming one's time
past participlereclaimed one's time
pastreclaimed one's time

Origin of reclaim one's time

Popularized during congressional hearings by Congresswoman Maxine Waters in 2017.

Questions about reclaim one's time

What does reclaim one's time mean?
Reclaim one's time means to assert control over one's allotted time, in order to stop interruptions and regain speaking time during a parliamentary procedure.
What part of speech is reclaim one's time?
Reclaim one's time is a verb.
What is the past tense of reclaim one's time?
The past tense of reclaim one's time is reclaimed one's time.

Words near reclaim one's time in the dictionary

  1. reclad
  2. recladded
  3. recladding
  4. reclads
  5. reclaim
  6. reclaim one's time
  7. reclaimability
  8. reclaimable
  9. reclaimableness
  10. reclaimably
  11. reclaimant

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