take time
idiom
1
: to need or require time to happen or be done
You have to be patient. Things like this take time.
It may take some time for the medication to wear off.
The meeting won't take too much time.
This job is easy and will take no time at all.
2
or take the time
: to use an amount of time in order to do something important
They never took the time to get to know her.
I took some time to think about it, and my answer is still "no."
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As the Tampa Bay Rays take time sorting their options for a stadium to call home in 2025, many in the baseball industry have expressed a concern common to all the local sites rumored to be a potential temporary venue.
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Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
But some state offices will be closed, while workers in 28 states are guaranteed voting leave to take time off from work to cast their ballots.
—Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 5 Nov. 2024
Despite the day being of national importance, there’s no federal law that requires a company to allow their employees to take time off to cast their ballots.
—Bychloe Berger, Fortune, 4 Nov. 2024
Absentee ballots will take time — maybe days — to fully count and given how close this election is projected to be, that means a late-breaking change as to who appears to be winning is normal.
—Todd Spangler, Detroit Free Press, 3 Nov. 2024
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Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
But some state offices will be closed, while workers in 28 states are guaranteed voting leave to take time off from work to cast their ballots.
—Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 5 Nov. 2024
Despite the day being of national importance, there’s no federal law that requires a company to allow their employees to take time off to cast their ballots.
—Bychloe Berger, Fortune, 4 Nov. 2024
Absentee ballots will take time — maybe days — to fully count and given how close this election is projected to be, that means a late-breaking change as to who appears to be winning is normal.
—Todd Spangler, Detroit Free Press, 3 Nov. 2024
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“Take time.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/take%20time. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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