time is up

Idioms  

1. The period of time allowed for something is ended, as in Turn in your papers, students; time is up. This idiom uses up in the sense of “completed” or “expired,” a usage dating from about 1400.

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Example Sentences

As Lee Gelernt, the ACLU's lead lawyer, has said, "Time is up" for dealing with this human rights catastrophe.

From Salon • Aug. 13, 2021

Perhaps your steps are down; perhaps your Screen Time is up; perhaps your Uber trips are down, but your Uber Eats orders are way, way up.

From Slate • Sep. 10, 2020

Rarely has a deadline felt so literal: Time is up, and the possibility of a fair — or at least mutually digestible — deal is dead.

From Washington Post • Jul. 17, 2017

Time is up for Volkswagen to meet a federal judge's deadline to detail how it will make nearly 600,000 diesel cars rigged to cheat on emissions tests comply with clean air laws.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 21, 2016

"Time is up," cried another boy, more headlong than head-monitor.

From Lorna Doone A Romance of Exmoor by Blackmore, R. D. (Richard Doddridge)