have a minute/moment/second
idiom
: have a short period of time available (for something)
Do you have a minute/moment/second? I have a few things I'd like to discuss with you.
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Chris Sims, IndyStar, 13 July 2025
Normally, at the end of the monthlong summer camp, girls would have a second reunion before leaving the Hill Country, Cannon said.
—Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 6 July 2025
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And Answers For Today’s Game In May of 1988, President Biden returned to the operating room to have a second smaller aneurysm managed by the same surgical team.
—Robert Glatter, Forbes.com, 20 June 2025
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Chris Sims, IndyStar, 13 July 2025
Normally, at the end of the monthlong summer camp, girls would have a second reunion before leaving the Hill Country, Cannon said.
—Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 6 July 2025
Warning: Spoilers ahead for Squid Game Season 3 Squid Game was never supposed to have a second season, let alone a third one.
—Kayti Burt, Time, 27 June 2025
And Answers For Today’s Game In May of 1988, President Biden returned to the operating room to have a second smaller aneurysm managed by the same surgical team.
—Robert Glatter, Forbes.com, 20 June 2025
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“Have a minute/moment/second.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/have%20a%20minute%2Fmoment%2Fsecond. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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