take one's time

Verb

take one's time (third-person singular simple present takes one's time, present participle taking one's time, simple past took one's time, past participle taken one's time)

1. (idiomatic, intransitive) To go about something slowly and carefully or at one's own pace.
   • Take your time — there's no need to rush.
   • Working with pick, shovel, and wheelbarrow, he took his time over the job, for it was not until May 17, 1816, that it was opened for traffic.1951 July, “Notes and News: Recalling 160 Years”, in Railway Magazine, page 492
2. (idiomatic, intransitive) To take more time to do something than is considered acceptable.
   • You sure took your time getting here!

   Synonyms:

   dawdle, take too long, tarry