serve your time
serve (one's) time
To spend the amount of time in jail as required by one's prison sentence. After serving his time, the assailant will be deported back to his home country. There's no need to harass him; he served his time and paid his debt to society.
See also: serve, time
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
serve your time
1 hold office for the normal period. 2 spend time in office, an apprenticeship, or prison.See also: serve, time
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
- against time
- against the clock
- become pushed for time
- be taken up with (someone or something)
- any time means no time
- any day
- a race against time
- (it's) time to jet off (to some place)
- be joined at the hip
- any time