take one's time

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take one's time (third-person singular simple present takes one's time, present participle taking one's time, simple past took one's time, past participle taken one's time)

1. (intransitive, idiomatic) To go about something slowly and carefully or at one's own pace.

   Take your time — there's no need to rush.

   • 1951 July, “Notes and News: Recalling 160 Years”, in Railway Magazine, page 492:

     Working with pick, shovel, and wheelbarrow, he took his time over the job, for it was not until May 17, 1816, that it was opened for traffic.

2. (intransitive, idiomatic) To take more time to do something than is considered acceptable.

   You sure took your time getting here!

• (to go about something slowly and carefully):
• (take more time to do something than is considered acceptable): dawdle, take too long, tarry

• take time
• take someone's time
• in one's own time

• “take ones time”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.