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given someone the time

given someone the time is the past participle of give someone the time.

Meaning of give someone the time

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

Questions about given someone the time

What is given someone the time the past participle of?
Given someone the time is the past participle of give someone the time.

Words near given someone the time in the dictionary

  1. given someone the heave-ho
  2. given someone the old heave-ho
  3. given someone the runaround
  4. given someone the shits
  5. given someone the slip
  6. given someone the time
  7. given someone their cards
  8. given someone their flowers
  9. given someone to understand
  10. given someone what for
  11. given someone what-for

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