Action
Action noun - Something done by someone.
Time out
Time out noun - A pause from doing something (as work).
Both terms in one sentence
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Time Out: Sigrun gets manhandled into the corner for one of these by Mikkel due to her continued over-sugared reaction in the face of other people's post-action crashes.
- Since it's an educational show as well as an Affectionate Parody of superheroes, WordGirl will always take time out of her confrontations with villains to define the word of the day for them before going right back to the action.
Source: Distracting Disambiguation -
This is especially likely in stories where the Big Bad is either a Non-Action Big Bad or spends all his time being Orcus on His Throne, and thus it's his enforcers who spend all the time out terrorizing The Chosen One and their loved ones.
Source: It's Personal with the Dragon
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Time out and Action. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/action/time_out
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