give someone the time

English

Verb

give 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)

1. (slang, euphemistic) To have sexual intercourse with.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:copulate with

   • 1951, J. D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye, Boston, Mass.: Little, Brown and Company, →OCLC, page 64:

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

Further reading

• Jonathon Green (2024) “give her the time v.”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang