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living at Her Majesty's pleasure

living at Her Majesty's pleasure is the present participle and gerund 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 living at Her Majesty's pleasure

What is living at Her Majesty's pleasure the present participle and gerund of?
Living at Her Majesty's pleasure is the present participle and gerund of live at Her Majesty's pleasure.

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

  1. living a little
  2. living and breathing
  3. living and dying by
  4. living and learning
  5. living and letting live
  6. living at Her Majesty's pleasure
  7. living bandage
  8. living bandages
  9. living beyond one's means
  10. living chamber
  11. living chambers

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