“a time”

The following 6 entries include the term a time.

at a time

idiom

: during one particular moment

a whale of a time

noun phrase

: a great time

call (a) time-out

idiom

: to ask for a short period of time to stop doing something in order to rest or do something else

once upon a time

idiom

: at some time in the past

take it/things one day at a time

idiom

: to deal with each day's problems as they come instead of worrying about the future

take one day at a time

idiom

: to deal with each day's problems as they come instead of worrying about the future


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