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do time

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do time
Sl. to serve a sentence in prison; to serve a specific amount of time in prison. Lefty had done time on a number of occasions. You'd better talk and talk fast if you don't want to do time.
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do time  (informal)
to spend time in prison We did time together in Broadmoor. (often + for ) He did time for tax evasion in 1976.
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