give (someone) a minute

To allow someone or something a moment or brief period of time in which to do something. Honey, this isn't what it looks like, just give me a minute to explain! Give the computer a minute to reboot so the updates can be properly installed.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Damir	DAH-meer (Croatian, Serbian)	Croatian, Serbian, Slovene
Laryn	-	English (Rare)
Marcelo	mahr-THE-lo (Spanish), mahr-SE-lo (Latin American Spanish)	Spanish, Portuguese
Tancredi	-	Italian
Vickie	['viki]
Elisabeth	[i'lizəbəθ]