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Difference between High time and Low time

high time

1. (also: full time) time when smth. should be done at once:

  • Tom was beginning to feel that it was high time for him to be getting to regular work again.

2. (in the phrase “have a high time”) have enjoyable, noisy and joyful time:

  • The Johns had a high time, drinking brandy and eating fried hog.

low timea short period of time:

  • Never make a negative decision in the low time. Never make your most important decisions when you are in your worst moods.

Note: The expression does not correlate in meaning with the phrase down time

1. the time when a machine or computer is not operating:

  • The amount of “down time” due to faulty machine operation is very low.

2. (coll.) an opportunity for rest; time off:

  • People talk of “enjoying the down-time” when they are having a break.

See also: peak time / up time.