"have a moment" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: has a moment [present, singular, third-person], having a moment [participle, present], had a moment [participle, past], had a moment [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|have<has,,had> a moment}} have a moment (third-person singular simple present has a moment, present participle having a moment, simple past and past participle had a moment)
  1. (informal) To dissociate or act abnormally for a short period of time. Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-have_a_moment-en-verb-v1FCFxhQ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 98 2
  2. (idiomatic) To reach a high level of popularity during a specific time. Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-have_a_moment-en-verb-6Ld4qtxr

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for have a moment meaning in English (1.9kB)

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