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

Time is up for us, it seems – but not for America.

From The Guardian • Dec. 21, 2018

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

Then as he asked about Leila and the mill work, the younger doctor came in and said, "Time is up, Mrs. Penhallow."

From Westways by Mitchell, S. Weir (Silas Weir)