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time is up
Idioms and Phrases
The period of time allowed for something is ended, as in Turn in your papers, students; time is up . This idiom uses up in the sense of “completed” or “expired,” a usage dating from about 1400.Example Sentences
Liverpool's supporters have never lost faith in Nunez, loving his 'Captain Chaos' style and effort, but it looks increasingly like his time is up.
It looks like Raheem Sterling's time is up after he was left out of Chelsea's first two Premier League games and has been training away from the first-team squad.
Listening time is up on last year to an average of 20.5 hours per week.
An internal Welsh Labour Senedd move to tell the FM his time is up?
“Your time is up. Leave the area or you will be arrested for trespassing,” police said.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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