half-time

[half-time] {n.}

A rest period in the middle of certain games.

* /I saw Henry at the football game and I went over and talked to him at half-time./

* /The pep squad put on a drill at half-time when we played basketball with our old rivals./

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms


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