time out
noun
• time for rest or recreation away from one's usual work or studies.
• "she is taking time out from her hectic tour"
• a cancellation or cessation that automatically occurs when a predefined interval of time has passed without a certain event occurring.
time out
• (of an operation) be cancelled automatically because a predefined interval of time has passed without a certain event happening.
out of time
• at the wrong time or period.
• "I felt that I was born out of time"
