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"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to end (an incomplete task) after a time limit",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "opri"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"raw_tags": [
"forms of aikakatkaista"
],
"sense": "of a task, to be terminated because it was not completed before a time limit",
"tags": [
"passive"
],
"word": "joutua aikakatkaistuksi"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"time out"
],
"word": "time out"
}
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