The intentional ending of an incomplete task after a time limit considered a long enough for it to end normally(noun)
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Use "timeout" in a sentence
"He added that in the game in which he called a timeout after the first play (forgot which game this was), it was because Foye took a three and he wanted to stop that."
"Put all the GOP shit-stains in timeout and change their smelly diapers."
"The idea of a timeout is such that the method was not working for the best interest of the USA."