make time
Clear your calendar
To make time is to create an opening in a busy schedule for something or someone: I know you're swamped, but can you make time for a quick call?
The phrase implies effort or sacrifice—carving out availability that wouldn't otherwise exist.
To make time with someone is older slang for romantic or sexual pursuit: He's been trying to make time with her all semester.
Plan of timed events
- carve outCreate by deliberate effort
- set asideReserve for future use
- allocateDesignate for specific use
- reserveSupply kept back
block off · dedicate · commit · plan · arrange · fit in · squeeze in · slot in
Move with urgency
- rushQuick sudden movement
- expediteSpeed up a process
- quickenTo accelerate or animate
- hastenTo accelerate or rush
accelerate · speed up · fast-track · press on · push through · beat the clock · crunch · deadline
A joining or relation
- presenceState of being somewhere
- attentionFocused mental awareness
- togethernessState of close connection
- bondingForming close connections
one-on-one · date night · catch up · reconnect · visit · be there · show up · availability
schedule
Plan of timed events
- carve outCreate by deliberate effort
- set asideReserve for future use
- allocateDesignate for specific use
reserve · block off · dedicate · commit · plan · arrange · fit in · squeeze in · slot in · pencil in
hurry
Move with urgency
hasten · accelerate · speed up · fast-track · press on · push through · beat the clock · crunch · deadline · scramble
connection
A joining or relation
- presenceState of being somewhere
- attentionFocused mental awareness
- togethernessState of close connection
bonding · one-on-one · date night · catch up · reconnect · visit · be there · show up · availability · companionship
- resolutionslose weight, quit smoking, save money, eat healthy, get fit
- time sayingscarpe diem, seize the day, better late than never, tempus fugit, this too shall pass
- mindfulnessmindfulness, meditation, meditate, breathe, breath
make timeneglect
Failure to provide care
deprioritize · put off · skip · blow off · ignore
make timewaste time
Use moments unproductively
kill time · dawdle · loiter · dilly-dally · drag one's feet
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