do time

English

Verb

do time (third-person singular simple present does time, present participle doing time, simple past did time, past participle done time)

(colloquial) To spend time in prison (as a prisoner).
My wife is unavailable for three months, as she's doing time for fraud.

Synonyms

Derived terms

do your own time

Translations

colloquial: to spend time in prison

Chinese:
Mandarin: 坐班房 (zuòbānfáng)
Czech: bručet (cs), sedět (cs)
Finnish: suorittaa rangaistusta, lusia (fi)

German: sitzen (de), einsitzen (de)
Hungarian: börtönben ül
Russian: сиде́ть (ru) (sidétʹ), мота́ть срок (motátʹ srok), ча́литься (ru) (čálitʹsja)
Ukrainian: сидіти (sydíty)

Anagrams

domite

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