another time
On different occasion
Another time is a polite way of declining or postponing something while leaving open the possibility of doing it later: I can't make dinner tonight, but let's try another time.
It can also refer to a different era or period: In another time, this would have been scandalous.
The phrase often functions as a gentle refusal that may or may not be sincere.
- rain checkPromise to reschedule
- raincheckDeferred offer acceptance
- postponeDelay to later time
- deferDelay or submit
- adjournTemporarily halt proceedings
put on hold · not right now · repeat · once more · try again · someday · redo · moment · reschedule · eventually · later · down the road · delay · encore · revisit · procrastinate · renew · suspend
- Polite delaysexcuse me, one moment, just a minute, hold on, bear with me
- Goodbye excusesgotta go, gotta run, catch you later, see you later, running late
- refusalsno, decline, no thanks, refuse, nope
temporal immediacy
another timeright now
At the present moment
now · immediately · at once · this instant · straightaway
time, another, times, timely, timed, timing, untimely, overtime, timeliness