time to leave
30
1.0
- noun
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momento de irse
- But my wife was sure that at that point, OK, kids, it's time to leave this park.
- a good time to leave
It only works if it's the soul's time to leave the physical world.
- It only works if it's the soul's time to leave the physical world.
- And I thought, oh, it's time to leave my body now.
- Three days later, it's time to leave Breckenridge.
- BBCI think it was the right time to leave Sky.
- No, he didn't say that, but he'd say it's time to leave or something and I would do that.
- I hope I can be brave when it comes time to leave life.
- And at that point, I knew it was time to leave, man.
- Because they, they think that they can just, they can just pacify you until it's time to leave.
- But if you wait until the appointed time to leave, then you will have a Green Wave to the next station.
Examples
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No one had said anything about them being invited, and Annie felt it was time to leave.
Fiction book (1995) -
As the sun began to set, everyone felt it was time to leave the beach.
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All right, there we go Time to leave the office.
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I know this is the worst time to leave you.
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Lucky you made it -- just in time to leave tonight.
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It's almost time to leave.
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Every time I get used to some place, it's time to leave.
Fiction book (2002) -
When it was over and time to leave, Ronald said, "This has been a great night."
Fiction book (2001) -
We shared another cigarette, and then it was time to leave.
Fiction book (1999) -
It will soon be time to leave.
Synonyms
3
1.8
A time a train, bus, or plane is planned to leave
1
2.7
The scheduled time when a bus, train, or plane leaves
Antonyms
How Soon
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'the moment when it is appropriate or necessary to depart' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'time' (a point/occasion) with the infinitival 'to leave' (the action). The regular English pattern 'time to + verb' is compositional and common cross-linguistically, so a B1 learner who knows the constituent words will readily infer the meaning.
Etymology
Time to leave may come from the simple image of a clock or bell that marks the moment people should go. Here time is the set moment and leave means 'to go', so the phrase now means the right or necessary moment 'to go' from a place.