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do time

Verb

Meaning

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.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

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He had never taken anything in life seriously and thought it was about time to do something he couldn’t do time for. Source: Internet

He was sentenced to do time at the Hattiville Prison but the 62 year old Belizean retiree lost more than his freedom after his neighbor took possession of his personal belongings. Source: Internet

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