time for (someone or something)
time for (someone or something)
1. Time that is spent dealing with something or interacting with someone. I really don't have time for these kinds of errors today, guys! My dad is busy, but he always makes time for me and my brother.
2. The time at which something is scheduled, due, or ready to begin. Time for lunch. Where do you want to eat today? Right, everyone put your notebooks away—it's time for a pop quiz! After 15 years in this company, I think it's about time for a change.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
*time for someone or something
the time to deal with someone or something. (Often with the negative. *Typically: get ~; have ~; give someone ~; make ~; find ~.) I'm sorry, I don't have time for you today. I don't think I have time for a game of chess. I have time for one short game.
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McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
- anytime
- ahead of (someone's or something's) time
- ahead of your/its time
- any time
- any time means no time
- an open invitation
- be joined at the hip
- (it's) (a)bout time
- about time
- (it's) time to run