take time out
Example Sentences
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Leadership coach Audrey Hametner has observed that co-CEOs can take time out that sole CEOs might otherwise feel they can't do.
From BBC • Jan. 12, 2026
Every six months, McFadden said, she’d need to take time out of her workday to go over her finances in depth with someone over the phone, in order to maintain the exemption.
From MarketWatch • Dec. 19, 2025
“We can take time out to remember the other things that are important in life … and we can step aside from social media and the TV and the newspaper,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 2, 2024
Even Travis and Jason Kelce – Travis’ brother and Philadelphia Eagles center – take time out of their podcast to explain basic questions to Swifties in a segment they’ve kindly called “No Dumb Questions.”
From Salon • Feb. 11, 2024
Maybe, I’ll take time out and get a permanent wave, except that I hate beauty parlors.
From "From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler" by E.L. Konigsburg
