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me time
or me-time
[ mee-tahym ]
/ ˈmi ˌtaɪm /
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noun Informal.
time spent focusing on oneself and only doing things one wants to do: I’ll try to find some me time when the kids go back to school.
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Origin of me time
First recorded in 1980–85
Words nearby me time
metic, metical, meticulous, meticulously, métier, me time, Metis, Métisse, metoclopramide, metoestrus, Met Office
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How to use me time in a sentence
Together, they are disrupting the traditional salon industry, offering women quick, affordable doses of fabulousness and me-time.
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British Dictionary definitions for me time
me-time
noun
the time a person has to himself or herself, in which to do something for his or her own enjoyment
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