alone time

noun

: time spent by an individual or a couple apart from others

I need some alone time to think things over.

We passed many buildings I wanted to explore later, but for now, I just wanted some alone time with Brad.

—Derene Scheeler, Follow Your Heart, 2010

Word History

First Known Use

1978, in the meaning defined above

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