have (got) the time

idiom

—used to ask someone what time it is

"Do you have the time?" "Yes, it's 10 minutes past 3."

Excuse me, but have you got the time?

Examples of have (got) the time in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Hectic lifestyles mean moms only sometimes have the time to print out photos. —Nora Colomer, Fox News, 19 Apr. 2024

By eliminating the statutes entirely, law firms would have the time to figure out how to properly litigate our cases and have more of an incentive to help. —Kyle Dillon Hertz, TIME, 5 Apr. 2024

Companies simply don’t have the time to micromanage everything. —Jon Stojan, USA TODAY, 5 Apr. 2024

Most people don’t have the time or expertise to focus on wealth management and long-term financial goals, so financial advisors are critical to their success. —Janet Arzt, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2024

Exchanges collect people’s money and, for a commission, invest it; that gives people who don’t have the time or skills to invest directly into the blockchain a pathway to crypto. —Leif Wenar, WIRED, 2 Apr. 2024

The company could be undergoing a leadership transition, amid a restructuring or simply calculating that a smaller business won’t have the time and money needed to win a legal judgment. —Dean Kaplan, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024

For buyers who may not have the time to build, the builders have also started on multiple speculative homes where buyers have the opportunity to make selections but can be assured a move-in date sooner than building from start to finish. —Prime Development, Kansas City Star, 27 Mar. 2024

Yet Europe may not have the time to integrate gradually. —Max Bergmann, Foreign Affairs, 21 Mar. 2024