make time
verb1
To reserve a period of time to do something.
- Let's make time next week to meet again.
- "I've done ten dozen this week," she said proudly to Mrs. Morel. "T-t-t!" went the other. "I don't know how you can find time." "Eh!" said Mrs. Anthony. "You can find time if you make time."1913, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, chapter 2, in Sons and Lovers, London: Duckworth & Co. […], →OCLC:
2
Colloquial, Idiomatic To recover lost time, as by travelling faster than usual.
- We can really make time if we take the freeway.
- We made good time on the flight back because we had a tailwind.
3
Colloquial, Dated, Idiomatic To spend time with a person in or in pursuit of a romantic relationship.
- He was always trying to make time with Nancy, but she just wasn't interested.
- Related terms
- make up for lost time, take the time