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borrowed time
noun bor·rowed time
Definition of BORROWED TIME
: an uncertain and usually uncontrolled postponement of something inevitable —used with living on
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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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