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give someone the time

give someone the time verb: to have sexual intercourse with.

Verb

give someone the time (third-person singular simple present gives someone the time, present participle giving someone the time, simple past gave someone the time, past participle given someone the time)

  1. (euphemistic, slang) To have sexual intercourse with.
    • I don’t think he gave that girl the time that night—but damn near. Damn near.1951 July 16, J[erome] D[avid] Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye, Boston, Mass.: Little, Brown and Company, →OCLC, page 64
    Synonyms:
    Formal terms, bed, coit, coitize, dight, enjoy, feague, go in unto, go to bed with, have

Synonyms of give someone the time

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Forms of give someone the time

third-person singular presentgives someone the time
present participlegiving someone the time
pastgave someone the time
past participlegiven someone the time

Questions about give someone the time

What does give someone the time mean?
Give someone the time means to have sexual intercourse with.
What part of speech is give someone the time?
Give someone the time is a verb.
What is the past tense of give someone the time?
The past tense of give someone the time is gave someone the time.

Words near give someone the time in the dictionary

  1. give someone the old heave-ho
  2. give someone the runaround
  3. give someone the rush act
  4. give someone the shits
  5. give someone the slip
  6. give someone the time
  7. give someone their cards
  8. give someone their flowers
  9. give someone their gruel
  10. give someone their hat
  11. give someone their head

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