to have time to spare

  • 11spare — spare1 [ sper ] adjective ** 1. ) only before noun a spare object is one that you keep in addition to other similar objects so that it is available if you need it: a spare key/battery/pair of glasses Bring a towel and some spare clothes. 2. )… …

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  • 12time — I UK [taɪm] / US noun Word forms time : singular time plural times *** Metaphor: Time is like money or like something that you buy and use. I ve spent a lot of time on this project. ♦ We are running out of time. ♦ You have used up all the time… …

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  • 13time — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 what is measured in minutes, hours, days, etc. TIME + VERB ▪ elapse, go by, pass ▪ As time went by we saw less and less of each other. ▪ The changing seasons mark the passing of time …

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  • 14spare — I. verb (spared; sparing) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English sparian; akin to Old High German sparōn to spare, Old English spær, adjective, scant Date: before 12th century transitive verb 1. to forbear to destroy, punish, or harm 2. to… …

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  • 15spare — [c]/spɛə / (say spair) verb (spared, sparing) –verb (t) 1. to refrain from harming or destroying; leave uninjured; forbear to punish: to spare a fallen adversary. 2. to deal gently or leniently with; show consideration for: to spare a person s… …

  • 16time — time1 [ taım ] noun *** ▸ 1 quantity clock measures ▸ 2 period ▸ 3 occasion/moment ▸ 4 time available/needed ▸ 5 how fast music is played ▸ + PHRASES 1. ) uncount the quantity that you measure using a clock: Time seemed to pass more quickly than… …

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  • 17time — [[t]ta͟ɪm[/t]] ♦ times, timing, timed 1) N UNCOUNT Time is what we measure in minutes, hours, days, and years. ...a two week period of time... Time passed, and still Ma did not appear... As time went on the visits got more and more regular... The …

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  • 18time — /tuym/, n., adj., v., timed, timing. n. 1. the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another. 2. duration …

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  • 19time off — noun a time period when you are not required to work (Freq. 4) he requested time off to attend his grandmother s funeral • Ant: ↑work time • Hypernyms: ↑time period, ↑period of time, ↑period …

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  • 20Spare — Spare, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Spared}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Sparing}.] [AS. sparian, fr. sp[ae]r spare, sparing, saving; akin to D. & G. sparen, OHG. spar?n, Icel. & Sw. spara, Dan. spare See {Spare}, a.] 1. To use frugally or stintingly, as that which …

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