spend time in
spend (some amount of time) in (some place)
To be in some building, town, country, etc., for some amount of time. I spent a lot of my childhood in the library, learning about as many things as I could. We're only spending a couple of days in Rome, so we have to be very pragmatic about what we can see. I spent about four years in Tokyo teaching English before eventually moving back to Canada.
See also: amount, of, spend
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
spend time in something
to stay in something or some place for a period of time. I spent time in Barbados when I was younger. I am afraid that you will have to spend some time in the hospital until the infection is cleared up.
See also: spend, time
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
- (Someone or something) called, they want their (something) back!
- be greater/more than the sum of its parts
- be more/bigger/greater than the sum of its parts
- week
- tomorrow
- one rotten apple spoils the (whole) barrel
- one rotten apple spoils the (whole) bushel
- a bad apple spoils the (whole) barrel
- a rotten apple spoils the (whole) barrel
- a rotten apple spoils the (whole) bunch