serve\ a\ sentence

serve\ a\ sentence
serve a sentence
serve time
v. phr.
To be in jail.

Charlie served four years of an eight-year sentence, after which he was paroled and released.


Словарь американских идиом. — СПб., Изд-во "Лань". . 1997.

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