time out

Short definition from Wiktionary

Interjection

1. 1
   To call for a time-out.
2. 2
   To call for a suspension of activity or conversation.
3. 3
   Used to announce the end of time in and the beginning of time out.

Noun

1. 1
   Alternative spelling of time-out.
2. 2
   The period of a live action roleplaying event when players are out of character.
3. 3
   The point at which such a period begins.
4. 4
   A short break in the action of a sport, for substitution, consultation, etc.
5. 5
   A break from a tense, heated or stressful situation (often enforced, sometimes as a disciplinary measure); a cooling-off period.
6. 6
   The abortion of an incomplete task after a time limit considered long enough for it to end normally.

Verb

1. 1
   To end (an incomplete task) after a time limit.
2. 2
   Of a task, to be terminated because it was not completed before a time limit.
3. 3
   To record the end of one's day or shift at work.
4. 4
   To declare (the batsman) out for having taken longer than two minutes to appear on the field.