TAKE FIVE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does take five mean? 

• TAKE FIVE (verb)
  The verb TAKE FIVE has 1 sense:

1. take a break for five minutes

  Familiarity information: TAKE FIVE used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TAKE FIVE (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Take a break for five minutes

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Context example:

The musicians took five during the rehearsal

Hypernyms (to "take five" is one way to...):

break; intermit; pause (cease an action temporarily)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s