Antonyms for make time

Grammar : Verb

Spell : tahym

Phonetic Transcription : taɪm

Definition of make time

Origin : Old English tima "limited space of time," from Proto-Germanic *timon "time" (cf. Old Norse timi "time, proper time," Swedish timme "an hour"), from PIE *di-mon-, from root *da- "cut up, divide" (see tide).
Abstract sense of "time as an indefinite continuous duration" is recorded from late 14c. Personified since at least 1509 as an aged bald man (but with a forelock) carrying a scythe and an hour-glass. In English, a single word encompasses time as "extent" and "point" (French temps/fois, German zeit/mal) as well as "hour" (e.g. "what time is it?" cf. French heure, German Uhr). Extended senses such as "occasion," "the right time," "leisure," or times (v.) "multiplied by" developed in Old and Middle English, probably as a natural outgrowth of phrases like, "He commends her a hundred times to God" (Old French La comande a Deu cent foiz).
to have a good time ( = a time of enjoyment) was common in Eng. from c 1520 to c 1688; it was app. retained in America, whence readopted in Britain in 19th c. [OED]
Time of day (now mainly preserved in negation, i.e. what someone won't give you if he doesn't like you) was a popular 17c. salutation (e.g. "Good time of day vnto your Royall Grace," "Richard III," I.iii.18). Times as the name of a newspaper dates from 1788. Time warp first attested 1954; time capsule first recorded 1938, in reference to New York World's Fair; time-traveling in the science fiction sense first recorded 1895 in H.G. Wells' "The Time Machine." To do time "serve a prison sentence" is from 1865. Time frame is attested by 1964; time line (also timeline) by 1890; time-limit is from 1880. About time, ironically for "long past due time," is recorded from 1920. Behind the times "old-fashioned" is recorded from 1846, first attested in Dickens.

As in scoot : verb hurry
As in skedaddle : verb flee
As in festinate : verb rush
As in hurry : verb act, move speedily

Example sentences :

It may only be that he has not time, or does not make time, to go over them in the day.
Extract from : « The Channings » by Mrs. Henry Wood

A mint is where they make money and I certainly do not make time.
Extract from : « Galusha the Magnificent » by Joseph C. Lincoln

Can't tell—unless it be to make time pass away after dinner.
Extract from : « Lord Jim » by Joseph Conrad

When to make time to go on with her literary composition was the difficulty.
Extract from : « For the Sake of the School » by Angela Brazil

So, with the tide already half-ebbed, it was necessary for us to make time.
Extract from : « Tales of the Fish Patrol » by Jack London

All matter business, Major; make time pass pleasant as well.
Extract from : « The Yellow God » by H. Rider Haggard

Perhaps if we make time we can get to it much sooner than we think.
Extract from : « Captured by the Arabs » by James H. Foster

We'll make time, even if we have to stay a day longer to do it.
Extract from : « The Four Corners Abroad » by Amy Ella Blanchard

I must make time to write to him to-morrow morning; it will just catch the mail.'
Extract from : « The House That Grew » by Mrs. Molesworth

They could fire a locomotive, "ride a fly," or make time on the tick of the clock.
Extract from : « Snow on the Headlight » by Cy Warman

Synonyms for make time

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