# have time

idiom · CEFR A1

Source: https://englishreference.com/idiom/have-time
Updated: 2026-04-22

## Meaning

To have a period of time available to do something. You often use this to say you are not busy and are able to do something.

## Examples

- Do you have time to help me today?
- I would love to go for coffee, but I do not have time before my next meeting.
- Although her schedule was remarkably demanding, she always managed to have time for the people who mattered most to her.

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