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timing out

timing out is the present participle and gerund of time out.

Meaning of time out

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) To end (an incomplete task) after a time limit.
  2. (intransitive) Of 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. (transitive, human resources) To record the end of one's day or shift at work.
  4. (transitive) To declare (the batsman) out for having taken longer than two minutes to appear on the field.

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Questions about timing out

What is timing out the present participle and gerund of?
Timing out is the present participle and gerund of time out.

Words near timing out in the dictionary

  1. timing chain
  2. timing chains
  3. timing in
  4. timing is everything
  5. timing it out
  6. timing out
  7. timings
  8. timiperone
  9. timish
  10. Timiskaming
  11. Timiskaming District

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