timeout
noun/ˈtaɪmaʊt/
/ˈtaɪmaʊt/
- [countable, uncountable] a break in play during a sports game, especially one that a coach asks for in order to give new instructions to the team
- New coach Steve Kerr called (a) timeout and his team responded.
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- [countable] (computing) an occasion when a process or program stops after a particular amount of time because it has not worked successfullyTopics Computersc2
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