do time
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editdo time (third-person singular simple present does time, present participle doing time, simple past did time, past participle done time)
- (colloquial) To spend time in prison (as a prisoner) or in the military (as a servicemember).
- My wife is unavailable for three months, as she's doing time for fraud.
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editcolloquial: to spend time in prison
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