"serve time" meaning in All languages combined

See serve time on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Audio: En-au-serve time.ogg Forms: serves time [present, singular, third-person], serving time [participle, present], served time [participle, past], served time [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} serve time (third-person singular simple present serves time, present participle serving time, simple past and past participle served time)
  1. (idiomatic) To be confined in prison or a similar institution, typically for wrongdoing that violates the law. Tags: idiomatic Categories (topical): Prison
    Sense id: en-serve_time-en-verb-eTbPuuZx Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English predicates, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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