serve time
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English
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Audio (General Australian): (file)
Verb
[edit]serve time (third-person singular simple present serves time, present participle serving time, simple past and past participle served time)
- (idiomatic) To be confined in prison or a similar institution, typically for wrongdoing that violates the law.
Translations
[edit]to be in prison — see do time