reclaim one's time
To assert control over one's allotted time, in order to stop interruptions and regain speaking time during a parliamentary procedure.
reclaim
UK /ɹɪˈkleɪm/ US /ɹɪˈkleɪm/
verb 5noun 5
Definitions
verb
1
To return land to a suitable condition for use.
2
To obtain useful products from waste; to recycle.
3
To claim something back; to repossess.
4
To return someone to a proper course of action, or correct an error; to reform.
His Highneſſe pleaſure is that he ſhould liue, And be reclaim’d with princely lenitie.
Your errour, in time reclaimed, will be veniall.
5
To tame or domesticate a wild animal.
an eagle well reclaimed
noun
1
The calling back of a hawk.
2
The bringing back or recalling of a person; the fetching of someone back.
The louing couple need no reskew feare, / But leasure had, and libertie to frame / Their purpost flight, free from all mens reclame […].
3
An effort to take something back, to reclaim something.
4
Clipping of baggage reclaim.
5
Material recovered from something that has already been used.
Is it okay to smoke cannabis reclaim?
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