take five

Speech parts

1. take five - Verb

2. take five - Phrase

Meaning

take a break for five minutes

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

rest stop pause relax recess unwind doze take it easy lie down adjourn ease off ease up take a breather take ten take a break
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Antonyms

tackle sweat overwork bend over backwards knuckle down leave no stone unturned
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Hypernyms

break pause intermit

Related terms

take ten

Examples

I used to take five or six books away and bring five or six books back. Nobody gave me direction or advice and I read much in the way that a boy might watch television. John McGahern

Know your priorities and identify the five powerful action steps that you intend to take to move your initiatives forward each day. If you go to a tree with an ax and take five whacks at the tree every day, it doesn't matter if it's an oak or a redwood; eventually, the tree has to fall down. Jack Canfield

If I can't take five years out to serve my country as president, then everything I've been singing about, like equal rights, doesn't mean anything. Wyclef Jean

If you go to a tree with an ax and take five whacks at the tree every day, it doesn't matter if it's an oak or a redwood; eventually the tree has to fall down. Jack Canfield

I always have a lot of things going on because some things take years to make and others take five minutes. I like that there's always something going on. Working doesn't have such a momentous feel - like it's all or nothing. Urs Fischer

The musicians took five during the rehearsal Source: Internet

Words in the phrase

take five

Close letter words and terms

take fingerprints take fire take fish take flight take food take for