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serve one's time

serve one's time verb: to hold a professional, political, etc. position for a set period of time. Also the alternative form of serve time.

Verb

serve one's time (third-person singular simple present serves one's time, present participle serving one's time, simple past and past participle served one's time)

  1. To hold a professional, political, etc. position for a set period of time.

Also used as

serve one's time is also the alternative form of serve time.

Forms of serve one's time

third-person singular presentserves one's time
present participleserving one's time
past participleserved one's time
pastserved one's time

Questions about serve one's time

What does serve one's time mean?
Serve one's time means to hold a professional, political, etc. position for a set period of time.
What part of speech is serve one's time?
Serve one's time is a verb.
What is the past tense of serve one's time?
The past tense of serve one's time is served one's time.

Words near serve one's time in the dictionary

  1. servcos
  2. serve
  3. serve and volley
  4. serve cunt
  5. serve notice
  6. serve one's time
  7. serve out
  8. serve someone a trick
  9. serve someone right
  10. serve someone the same sauce
  11. serve someone with the same sauce

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