Tell someone it's too late for break in America? (7)
I believe the answer is:
timeout
'tell someone it's too late' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I cannot tell whether it can be defined by this definition.
'break in america?' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'break' could be 'out' (outing is a kind of breaking) and 'out' is found in the answer.
The remaining letters 'time' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
'for' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Another definition for timeout that I've seen is " Brief break in play in a game".)