borrowed time
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nounDefinition of BORROWED TIME
: an uncertain and usually uncontrolled postponement of something inevitable —used with living on
First Known Use of BORROWED TIME
1664
Rhymes with BORROWED TIME
access time, aftertime, anytime, beforetime, Bettelheim, central time, Christmastime, common time, dinnertime, double prime, double-time, drop a dime, eastern time, elapsed time, Father Time, harvesttime, Hildesheim, in jig time, just-in-time, Kaffir lime, lemon thyme, local time, lysozyme, Mannerheim, maritime, monorhyme, mountain time, nursery rhyme, on a dime, overtime, pantomime, Pappenheim, paradigm, question time, released time, running time, soda lime, standard time, summertime, take one's time, vowel rhyme, wintertime
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