do time—(coll.) serve a sentence of imprisonment:
- Our story is about a man who did time for drug dealing and lost custody of his two kids.
Cf.: do easy time —(coll.) serve a short prison term:
- John Murdoch is doing easy time in a minimum security jail dubbed a “holiday camp.”
make time—
1. (coll.) flirt with a girl; make romantic advances:
- At another table two young men were trying to make time with some Mexican girls.
2. (also: make good time) accomplish a distance in a short time; travel fast:
- They were on a straight stretch of road now and were making time.