"do one's own time" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "does one's own time",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "doing one's own time",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "did one's own time",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "done one's own time",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "do<does,,did,done> one's own time"
      },
      "expansion": "do one's own time (third-person singular simple present does one's own time, present participle doing one's own time, simple past did one's own time, past participle done one's own time)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2009, Caryl Chessman, Cell 2455, Death Row: A Condemned Man's Own Story:",
          "text": "He did his own time, minded his own business.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2011, James A. Goble, My Own Worst Enemy, page 171:",
          "text": "But typically, if an inmate just minded his own business and did his own time, he could usually stay out of serious trouble.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2020, Clark Howard, Hard City:",
          "text": "Anyways, like I said, your dad went his own way, minded his own business, did his own time; all's he wanted to do was finish his stretch and get back home to you and your mother.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To serve a prison sentence without becoming involved in any illicit dealings or prison gangs."
      ],
      "id": "en-do_one's_own_time-en-verb-i4cVp9vX",
      "links": [
        [
          "serve",
          "serve"
        ],
        [
          "prison sentence",
          "prison sentence"
        ],
        [
          "becoming",
          "become"
        ],
        [
          "involved",
          "involved"
        ],
        [
          "illicit",
          "illicit"
        ],
        [
          "dealing",
          "dealing"
        ],
        [
          "prison",
          "prison"
        ],
        [
          "gang",
          "gang"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal, idiomatic) To serve a prison sentence without becoming involved in any illicit dealings or prison gangs."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic",
        "informal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "do one's own time"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "does one's own time",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "doing one's own time",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "did one's own time",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "done one's own time",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "do<does,,did,done> one's own time"
      },
      "expansion": "do one's own time (third-person singular simple present does one's own time, present participle doing one's own time, simple past did one's own time, past participle done one's own time)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English idioms",
        "English informal terms",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English verbs",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2009, Caryl Chessman, Cell 2455, Death Row: A Condemned Man's Own Story:",
          "text": "He did his own time, minded his own business.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2011, James A. Goble, My Own Worst Enemy, page 171:",
          "text": "But typically, if an inmate just minded his own business and did his own time, he could usually stay out of serious trouble.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2020, Clark Howard, Hard City:",
          "text": "Anyways, like I said, your dad went his own way, minded his own business, did his own time; all's he wanted to do was finish his stretch and get back home to you and your mother.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To serve a prison sentence without becoming involved in any illicit dealings or prison gangs."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "serve",
          "serve"
        ],
        [
          "prison sentence",
          "prison sentence"
        ],
        [
          "becoming",
          "become"
        ],
        [
          "involved",
          "involved"
        ],
        [
          "illicit",
          "illicit"
        ],
        [
          "dealing",
          "dealing"
        ],
        [
          "prison",
          "prison"
        ],
        [
          "gang",
          "gang"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal, idiomatic) To serve a prison sentence without becoming involved in any illicit dealings or prison gangs."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic",
        "informal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "do one's own time"
}