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serve one's time(chiefly US also serve out one's time) 1Hold office for the normal period: every sergeant had served his time as a constable...- If he is not in death row and he's serving out his time in a maximum-security prison, he will be afforded special treatment, if you will.
- There are new questions about the military's policy for calling up troops who have already served their time.
- If he really served his time in the National Guard during the Vietnam War, he could easily prove it.
1.1 (also serve time) Spend time in office, in an apprenticeship, or in prison: he is serving time in Swansea Prison...- You will never see me on the front lines - I am in complete moral opposition to war, and would rather serve time in prison than spend time with a rifle.
- They were sentenced to 15 months, but given a suspended sentence, which means they didn't have to serve time in prison.
- They finally tracked him down to an English prison where he was serving time for a similar crime but under a false name.
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