Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

serve one's time

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.26 in modern English

Syllables
serve one's -time
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

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

verb

Alternative form of serve time (“serve a jail sentence”).

Inflected Forms

serves one's time (present, singular) serving one's time (participle, present) served one's time (participle, past) served one's time (past)

Questions

What does serve one's time mean?
To hold a professional, political, etc. position for a set period of time.

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