do bird

verb

to do time (to serve a prison sentence).

Meanings

verbdo bird (third-person singular simple present does bird, present participle doing bird, simple past did bird, past participle done bird)

present singular third person does bird · participle present doing bird · past did bird · participle past done bird · alternative do one's bird

  1. UKdatedinformalto do time (to serve a prison sentence).

Synonyms & antonyms

Origin

Originally Cockney rhyming slang, shortened from bird-lime for "time".

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