when you get a minute

when you get a minute
when you get a minute & when you get a chance
a phrase introducing a request, especially to talk to someone. •

Bill: Tom? Tom: Yes. Bill: When you get a minute, I'd like to have a word with you.

“Please drop over for a chat when you get a chance,” said Fred to Bill.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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