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Definition of give the time of day

give the time of day

verb

  • to pay attention to a person. Usually used in the context of a person lamenting that a love interest doesn't pay attention to them.
    I bought her a dozen roses, but she still won't give me the time of day.
    He won't give me the time of day.

    Last edited on May 08 2013. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on May 04 2013.

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Other terms relating to 'day':

Definitions include: commercial software available for piracy on the same day it is released to the public.
Definitions include: acronym for "all day I dream about sex".
Definitions include: an unknown future time.
Definitions include: at some time before the present.
Definitions include: a day during which one can't make one's hair look good.
Definitions include: "birthday."
Definitions include: never.
Definitions include: phrase acknowledging or expressing sadness.
Definitions include: to stop performing a task.
Definitions include: a Christian who attends church only on Christmas, Easter and Mother's Day.
Definitions include: acronym for "day after drunk shits".
Definitions include: a day off from work.
Definitions include: every day and all day; "constantly".
Definitions include: a long time.
Definitions include: acronym for "End of Day."

Other terms relating to 'give':

Definitions include: meaning caring about everything.
Definitions include: acronym for "don't give a fuck."
Definitions include: acronym for "do I look like I give a shit."
Definitions include: to give up or to show weakness.
Definitions include: to care.
Definitions include: to give bad advice.
Definitions include: to care.
Definitions include: to care.
Definitions include: "give a fuck".
Definitions include: to care.
Definitions include: to care.
Definitions include: to care.
Definitions include: to applaud.
Definitions include: to beat up.
Definitions include: to care a tiny amount, always used in the negative

Other terms relating to 'of':

Definitions include: a worthless person.
Definitions include: sexual activity.
Definitions include: a good estimate.
Definitions include: a little crazy
Definitions include: of lower than average intelligence.
Definitions include: "not all there".
Definitions include: skittish.
Definitions include: an amount of violence.
Definitions include: having an opinion or belief prior to it becoming common or popular.
Definitions include: an impressive.
Definitions include: an impressive.
Definitions include: many.
Definitions include: an emphatic "yes".
Definitions include: better than all that.
Definitions include: the best.

Other terms relating to 'the':

Definitions include: the real information or the proof, instruction, the know how, where, when, and why about something or someone.
Definitions include: walking, generally as opposed to driving.
Definitions include: interrogation.
Definitions include: extremely intoxicated
Definitions include: information.
Definitions include: something you have now is worth more than two things you have just a chance of getting.
Definitions include: a good estimate.
Definitions include: a secret advantage.
Definitions include: inclusive.
Definitions include: to make a bad situation worse.
Definitions include: with the amount of time left to finish a task rapidly disappearing.
Definitions include: having an opinion or belief prior to it becoming common or popular.
Definitions include: of a male, to urinate.
Definitions include: Someone being butthurt over having something, they do to others regularly, done to the them
Definitions include: secret sexual activity with a person other than one's partner.

Other terms relating to 'time':

Definitions include: time to eat.
Definitions include: in a grand way.
Definitions include: an effect in visual media such as movies and video games in which playback is slowed or paused while the camera moves around a moving object such as a bullet.
Definitions include: time spend in front of the TV sitting on one's butt and relaxing.
Definitions include: a period of time during which optimum performance is critical for the successful outcome of a project, process, task, etc.
Definitions include: to serve a sentence in jail or prison.
Definitions include: to do something quickly.
Definitions include: acronym for "Estimated Time of Arrival."
Definitions include: the potential of facilitating one's meeting of other people.
Definitions include: physically near a time zone boundary, the later of the two times.
Definitions include: to be over half an hour late to all gatherings.
Definitions include: a decision that will be made close to the time of acting upon that decision.
Definitions include: excellent.
Definitions include: Everything's good.
Definitions include: time to get serious about doing something.

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