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face time

or facetime

[feys-tahym] /ˈfeɪsˌtaɪm/
noun, Informal.
1.
time spent speaking or meeting with one or more people face to face, in contrast to phone conversations or other means of communication:
Is he available for a couple of hours of face time?
2.
time spent appearing on television, in movies, or in other visual media:
The candidates had some good face time with a national audience.
3.
the amount of time an employee spends in the office or other workplace:
If you work from home, make sure you put in face time once in a while.
Origin of face time
1975-1980
First recorded in 1975-80
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Examples from the Web for face time
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  • But when your generosity is thrown back in your face time after time—!

    The Hall and the Grange Archibald Marshall

  • Being a military man, I have had on various occasions to face time enemy.

    The Diary of a Man of Fifty Henry James

  • One could see the shades of pain pass over John's face time and again.

    The Hive Will Levington Comfort
British Dictionary definitions for face time

face time

noun
1.
the time spent dealing with someone else face to face, esp in a place of work
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Slang definitions & phrases for face time

face time

noun phrase

Time spent face-to-face or in close proximity, esp with persons useful to one's career: Getting 'face time,' as insinuating your way into a photograph with the President is known/ He recently spent some ''face time'' chatting with his new pig (1990s+)

The Dictionary of American Slang, Fourth Edition by Barbara Ann Kipfer, PhD. and Robert L. Chapman, Ph.D.
Copyright (C) 2007 by HarperCollins Publishers.
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