face time

face time
'face time
n [U] AmE
1.) time that you spend at your job because you want other people, especially your manager, to see you there, whether or not you are actually doing good work
Here we reward performance, not face time.
2.) time that you spend talking to someone when you are with them, rather than on the telephone
face time with
In return for his donation, he wanted face time with the President.

Dictionary of contemporary English. 2013.

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