Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

take one's sweet time

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.26 in modern English

Syllables: take one's sweet- -time
IPA

26

Scrabble Score

17

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To take a very long time; to be too slow or leisurely in getting something done.

Colloquial

verb

To waste one's own time.

Colloquial

Example Sentences

"It had been almost a year since Brother Steve had left, and they'd been stuck with one substitute after another while the bishop took his sweet time finding a permanent replacement. Lindsay just hoped the wait would be worth it."
"You took your sweet time And I waited by without complaint 'Til all the pipe dreams made me insane"

Usage

Colloquial

Inflected Forms

takes one's sweet time (present, singular) taking one's sweet time (participle, present) took one's sweet time (past) taken one's sweet time (participle, past)

Synonyms

take one's sweet little time

Questions

What does take one's sweet time mean?: To take a very long time; to be too slow or leisurely in getting something done.

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