What does take time out mean?

take time out

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.67 in modern English

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"I took time out from my studies to travel for a year."
"“Everyone recognised him but he was very humble and was happy to take time out for people to take photographs with him,” the spokesperson said. “It was a real pleasure to have him compete at our event.”"

takes time out (present, singular) taking time out (participle, present) took time out (past) taken time out (participle, past)

take the time take time time out time-out

take the time take time time out time-out

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