take up time



take up (someone's) time

to require too much of someone else's time; to waste someone's time. (Also with so much of or too much of, as in the examples.) You're taking up my time. Please go away. This problem is taking up too much of my time.
See also: take, time, up

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
BurtBURTEnglish
ÍÑIgo-Spanish
Kuldeep-Indian (Sikh)
Kohar-Armenian
Judita-Lithuanian, Czech, Slovak
Nandag-Scottish