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lives at Her Majesty's pleasure

lives at Her Majesty's pleasure is the third-person singular simple present indicative of live at Her Majesty's pleasure.

Meaning of live at Her Majesty's pleasure

Verb

live at Her Majesty's pleasure (third-person singular simple present lives at Her Majesty's pleasure, present participle living at Her Majesty's pleasure, simple past and past participle lived at Her Majesty's pleasure)

  1. (UK, colloquial) To spend time in prison or jail.
    • 'I treat patients who are living at Her Majesty's pleasure. They come to the hospital from Full Sutton prison and they are treated in the same way as anyone else.'1999 January 3, John Arlidge, quoting Professor Alan Roberts, “Yakuza given a helping hand by 'Mr Fingers'”, in The Observer
    Synonyms:
    be banged up, be inside, do bird, do time, do porridge, serve time

Questions about lives at Her Majesty's pleasure

What is lives at Her Majesty's pleasure the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Lives at Her Majesty's pleasure is the third-person singular simple present indicative of live at Her Majesty's pleasure.

Words near lives at Her Majesty's pleasure in the dictionary

  1. lives and breathes
  2. lives and dies by
  3. lives and learns
  4. lives and lets live
  5. lives assured
  6. lives at Her Majesty's pleasure
  7. lives beyond one's means
  8. lives dangerously
  9. lives down
  10. lives down to
  11. lives for

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