get time

Obtain available moments

To get time means to find or secure an available period for something: I finally got time to read that book.

It often implies carving out moments from a busy schedule: Can you get time off work?

In casual speech, get time suggests the challenge of making room for priorities amid competing demands.

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tight deadline · leisure · organizing · cancellation · duration · moment · interval · meetings · prioritization · tracking · delegation · on the clock · postponement · multitasking · projects · errands · efficiency · productivity

Opposites
time availability

get timelose time

Fall behind schedule

waste time · burn time · overcommit · burn daylight · kill time

incarceration

get timebeat the rap

Evade criminal conviction

get off · walk free

finding opportunity vs. missing opportunity

get timehave no time for

Refuse to tolerate

Family

get, time, gets, getting, gotten, getter, times, timed, timing

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Everyday, not technical · Rated G