B1idiomtimeIELTS-friendly
take your time
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to do something slowly and carefully, without hurrying
Usually said kindly to tell someone not to hurry. 'You took your time!' is an ironic complaint that someone was slow.
In context
There's no rush, so take your time and check every answer.
The waiter told us to take our time choosing from the menu.
More idioms about time
- around the clockall day and all night, without stopping
- at the last minuteat the latest possible time, just before something happens or must be done
- behind the timesold-fashioned; not using the newest ideas, methods or technology
- buy timeto delay something so that you have more time to prepare or decide
- for the time beingfor now, until something changes