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1. Time on

   Time on in Australian rules football is the portion of each quarter allocated for extra play which could not occur due to time being stopped. Each quarter has a specific length of playing time, which can vary in different forms of the game, but at senior level is usually 20 minutes. When the umpire stops play for a score, injury, the blood rule, to award a 50-metre penalty or to reset play for a mark or free kick, he raises one hand above his head and blows his whistle; this is called blowing time off. This tells the timekeeper to stop his clock and stop counting down playing time. When the umpire again raises his hand and blows his whistle, called blowing time on, or when the ball is bounced or thrown in, the timekeeper starts his clock again. Time on was first introduced to the Laws of the Game by the Australian National Football Council for the 1928 season. From 1928 until 1994, quarters lasted 25 minutes playing time, and time on was called only for scores and injuries; the rule of thumb was that there would be roughly one minute of time-on for every goal scored. From 1994, the AFL Commission adopted the shorter 20 minute quarter, and introduced time-on for many other stoppages, including a ball-up or boundary throw-in. The timekeeper's twenty-minute count-down clock is not displayed at a football game. Rather, a count-up clock is displayed, which is not stopped when the umpire blows time off. As such, patrons and players at a football game never know exactly when the siren is going to sound, which makes close games particularly tense. Typically, a twenty-minute quarter will last between 27 and 33 minutes; the time period between the 20 minute mark and the siren is referred to as time on. The coaches' boxes and television networks are provided with a feed to the timekeeper's count-down clock in professional games. If the umpire has blown time off to reset a free kick, the player cannot take his free kick until the time has been blown back on, in fairness to the defending team. Often, in his haste to move the ball quickly to an open team mate, a player will take a kick before time is blown on; in these circumstances, the umpire is forced to call the ball back and force the player to take another kick.

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1. time on

   Time spent.

   Time on what we love with a passion is a joy.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on January 26, 2021  

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of time on in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of time on in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of time on in a Sentence

1. Iain Keith:

   As the world’s third largest greenhouse gas emitter, Brazilian support is crucial if the world is going to call time on the age of fossil fuels in Paris, now we need to see Brazil spelling out how precisely it intends to do this.

2. Adam Horton:

   When lockdown came around we had loads of time on our hands - it was the perfect opportunity to get it done.

3. Yvonne Padmos:

   Time on this precious planet should be treasured and spent on discovering the wonders of both the world and ourselves.”

4. Sana Dabbas:

   We spend more time wasting time on thinking about wasted time.

5. Michael Thiele:

   It's almost as if honey bees make the fragility of life so palpable, and as if they are really mirroring where we are on this time on this planet.

References

1. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_on