do time

English

do time (third-person singular simple present does time, present participle doing time, simple past did time, past participle done time)

(colloquial) To spend time in prison (as a prisoner).
My wife is unavailable for three months, as she's doing time for fraud.

colloquial: to spend time in prison

Chinese:
Mandarin: 坐班房 (zh) (zuòbānfáng)
Czech: bručet (cs), sedět (cs)
Danish: sidde inde, afsone, ruske tremmer
Finnish: suorittaa rangaistusta, lusia (fi)
French: faire de la prison
German: sitzen (de), einsitzen (de)
Hungarian: börtönben ül
Ingrian: istua
Polish: siedzieć (pl) impf
Russian: сиде́ть (ru) (sidétʹ), мота́ть срок (motátʹ srok), ча́литься (ru) (čálitʹsja)
Swedish: skaka galler (sv)
Turkish: yatmak (tr)
Ukrainian: сиді́ти (uk) (sydíty)
Vietnamese: bóc lịch

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