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gives someone the time

gives someone the time is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 gives someone the time

What is gives someone the time the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Gives someone the time is the third-person singular simple present indicative of give someone the time.

Words near gives someone the time in the dictionary

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

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