give someone the time

verb

To have sexual intercourse with.

Meanings

verbgive someone the time (third-person singular simple present gives someone the time, present participle giving someone the time, simple past gave someone the time, past participle given someone the time)

present singular third person gives someone the time · participle present giving someone the time · past gave someone the time · participle past given someone the time

  1. euphemisticslangTo have sexual intercourse with.

    I don’t think he gave that girl the time that night—but damn near. Damn near.

    1951 July 16, J[erome] D[avid] Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye, Boston, Mass.: Little, Brown and Company, →OCLC, page 64

    Synonyms: Formal terms, bed, coit, coitize, dight, enjoy, feague, go in unto

Synonyms & antonyms

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