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time it out

time it out verb: to wait, to delay.

Verb

time it out (third-person singular simple present times it out, present participle timing it out, simple past and past participle timed it out)

  1. (obsolete, rare, transitive) To wait, to delay.

Forms of time it out

third-person singular presenttimes it out
present participletiming it out
past participletimed it out
pasttimed it out

Questions about time it out

What does time it out mean?
Time it out means to wait, to delay.
What part of speech is time it out?
Time it out is a verb.
What is the past tense of time it out?
The past tense of time it out is timed it out.

Words near time it out in the dictionary

  1. time is ripe
  2. time is short
  3. time is the great healer
  4. time is ticking
  5. time is up
  6. time it out
  7. time jump
  8. time jumped
  9. time jumping
  10. time jumps
  11. time keep

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