"serve time" meaning in English

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    {
      "form": "serves time",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "serving time",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "served time",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "served time",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "serve time (third-person singular simple present serves time, present participle serving time, simple past and past participle served time)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
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        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
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          "source": "w"
        },
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English predicates",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
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          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Prison",
          "orig": "en:Prison",
          "parents": [
            "Buildings",
            "Law enforcement",
            "Buildings and structures",
            "Crime prevention",
            "Emergency services",
            "Law",
            "Architecture",
            "Crime",
            "Public safety",
            "Justice",
            "Applied sciences",
            "Art",
            "Criminal law",
            "Society",
            "Public administration",
            "Security",
            "Sciences",
            "Culture",
            "All topics",
            "Government",
            "Fundamental",
            "Politics"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
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      "glosses": [
        "To be confined in prison or a similar institution, typically for wrongdoing that violates the law."
      ],
      "id": "en-serve_time-en-verb-eTbPuuZx",
      "links": [
        [
          "prison",
          "prison"
        ],
        [
          "wrongdoing",
          "wrongdoing"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) To be confined in prison or a similar institution, typically for wrongdoing that violates the law."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    }
  ],
  "word": "serve time"
}

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "serves time",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "serving time",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "served time",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "served time",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "serve time (third-person singular simple present serves time, present participle serving time, simple past and past participle served time)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English idioms",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English predicates",
        "English verbs",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "en:Prison"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To be confined in prison or a similar institution, typically for wrongdoing that violates the law."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "prison",
          "prison"
        ],
        [
          "wrongdoing",
          "wrongdoing"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) To be confined in prison or a similar institution, typically for wrongdoing that violates the law."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    }
  ],
  "word": "serve time"
}