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RELATED WORDS : access time against time ahead of its time ahead of time alaska standard time all the time arrival time at a time at one time at the same time atlantic standard time atlantic time behind time benting time bering standard time bering time big time big time operator biological time breakfast time breathing time buy time central standard time central time checkout time civil time clock time closing time clotting time command processing overhead time common time compensatory time coordinated universal time cosmic time daylight-saving time daylight-savings time departure time do time double take double time duple time earth-received time eastern standard time eastern time elapsed time ephemeris time extended time scale extra time face time fast time scale father time flex time for the first time for the time being forelock four-four time free time from time to time full time geologic time geological time give and take give or take good time greenwich mean time greenwich time hadean time half time hard time harvest time have a good time hawaii standard time hawaii time haying time high time in due time in good time in no time in real time in the nick of time in time just in time kill time lead time leisure time light time local time long time lunar time period mark time mean solar time mean time morning time mountain standard time mountain time musical time musical time signature of all time on time one at a time one time one-way light time pacific standard time pacific time part time period of time point in time prime time processing time quadruple time question time quick time ravages of time reaction time real time regulation time relaxation time residence time response time round-trip light time running time seek time serve time show time sidereal time since a long time ago slow time slow time scale small time space time spacecraft clock time spacecraft event time spare time standard time starting time take take a bow take a breath take a breather take a chance take a crack at take a crap take a dare take a dive take a firm stand take a hit take a hop take a joke take a leak take a look take a powder take a shit take aback take account take advantage take advantage of take after take aim take apart take arms take aside take away take back take by storm take care take care of take chances take charge take control take cover take down take effect take exception take fire take five take flight take for take for granted take form take from take heart take heed take hold take hold of take home take home pay take in take in charge take in vain take in water take into account take issue take issue with take it take it easy take it on the chin take kindly to take leave take liberties take lying down take note take notice take off take office take on take one's lumps take orders take out take over take pains take part take place take pride take root take shape take sides take stage take steps take stock take ten take the air take the bull by the horns take the cake take the count take the edge off take the field take the fifth take the fifth amendment take the floor take the heat take the road take the stage take the stand take the veil take time take time off take to take to be take to heart take to task take to the woods take turns take up take up arms take up with take water take with a grain of salt terrestrial dynamical time terrestrial time time time and a half time and again time and motion study time and time again time being time bill time bomb time capsule time clock time constant time deposit time deposit account time draft time exposure time frame time immemorial time interval time lag time limit time loan time machine time note time of arrival time of day time of departure time of life time of origin time of year time off time out time out of mind time period time plan time policy time saving time scale time series time sharing time sheet time signal time signature time slot time study time to come time unit time value time zone track-to-track seek time transmission time travel time triple time turnaround time two time unit of time universal time waste of time waste one's time waste time when the time comes while away the time work time yukon time

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Verb take time by the forelock has 1 sense

• take time by the forelock(v = verb.social) Array - act quickly and decisively; not let slip an opportunity; Array
is one way to act, move
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s

ROGET THESAURUS

take time by the forelock

Earliness

VB be early, be beforehand, keep time, take time by the forelock, anticipate, forestall, have the start, gain the start, steal a march upon, gain time, draw on futurity, bespeak, secure, engage, preengage, accelerate, expedite, make haste.

Occasion

VB seize an opportunity, use an opportunity &c, give an opportunity &c, use an occasion, improve the occasion, suit the occasion, seize the occasion, strike while the iron is hot, battre le fer sur l'enclume, make hay while the sun shines, seize the present hour, take time by the forelock, prendre la balle au bond.

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