serve one's time (English, verb)
expansion: 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)
Senses:
glosses: To hold a professional, political, etc. position for a set period of time.
glosses: Alternative form of serve time (“serve a jail sentence”).
tags: alt-of
alternative
Forms:
form: serves one's time
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: serving one's time
tags: participle
present
form: served one's time
tags: participle
past
form: served one's time
tags: past