take five

English

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Verb

take five (third-person singular simple present takes five, present participle taking five, simple past took five, past participle taken five)

1. (US, Canada, informal) To take a short, typically five-minute, break from some activity.

   Hey, stop fighting! Take five, people!

Alternative forms

• take a five

Related terms

• take ten

Further reading

• “take five”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.
• “take five”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “take five”, in Collins English Dictionary.
• “take five” (US) / “take five” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary.