English-Finnish translations for time-out

• aikalisä
  Hänelle pitäisi antaa aikalisä ja häneltä pitäisi kieltää osallistuminen ensi viikon istuntoon Strasbourgissa. He should be given a time-out and should not be permitted to attend next week's session in Strasbourg.
• aikakatkaisu

Definition of time-out

• A short break in the action of a sport, for substitution, consultation, etc
• A break from a tense, heated or stressful situation ; a cooling-off period
• The intentional ending of an incomplete task after a time limit considered long enough for it to end normally

Examples

• Were being beaten! We need a time-out!
• Im going to take a brief time-out from this job.
• Hitting people is not acceptable! Go to your room and take a time-out!

Related words

• time-sharing
• time-invariant
• time-serving
• time-consuming
• time-traveller
• time-honored
• time-lapse
• time-share
• time-line