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Flowersa Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary

Serve out

What is "serve out" here? is there any limit for me to question here?

"she’d taken during her Senate campaign to serve out her full six-year"
  

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to continue working or doing something for a fixed time frame

  • to continue working or doing something for a fixed time frame
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to continue working or doing something for a fixed time frame
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'Serve out' is a phrasal verb with an idiomatic usage. Depending on the context, the literal meaning of the word 'serve' in 'serve out' is no longer applicable.
Kindly check the following link:
http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/serve+out

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