take time

idiom

: to need or require time to happen or be done

You have to be patient. Things like this take time.

It may take some time for the medication to wear off.

The meeting won't take too much time.

This job is easy and will take no time at all.

or take the time : to use an amount of time in order to do something important

They never took the time to get to know her.

I took some time to think about it, and my answer is still "no."

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Getting humans comfortable with the idea of working side by side with machines that look like they’ve been pulled straight for a sci-fi horror film may take time as well. —

Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 31 Oct. 2024 Testers reported that the foams take time to reform after a sleeper changes positions, which is less than ideal for those who move around a lot at night. —

Nina Derwin, Architectural Digest, 31 Oct. 2024 Yet interpreting how the budget has landed will take time as economists and businesses assess the impact of Reeves’ announcements. —

Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune Europe, 30 Oct. 2024 But restoring the supply chain to full capacity will take time. —

Deidre McPhillips, CNN, 29 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for take time