serve out

phrasal verb

served out; serving out; serves out

: to complete (a term in office, a prison sentence, etc.)

He was unable to serve out his five-year term as chairperson.

She was allowed to serve out her sentence in a prison close to home.

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In a match in which the players created just 10 break points and converted three between them, Monfils broke at 4-4 in the fourth set before serving out. —

James Hansen, The Athletic, 17 Jan. 2025 Trump, for better or worse, was officially voted in, inaugurated, and served out the entirety of his first four-year term. —

Ryan Smith, Newsweek, 16 Dec. 2024 Typically, presidents allow IRS commissioners to serve out their term, as Mr. Biden allowed Trump's former IRS appointee, Charles Rettig, to do before naming Werfel to the role. —

Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 6 Dec. 2024 Djokovic finally created a break point in Opelka’s second service game of the second set, but the latter snuffed it out with a rapid serve out wide and won the game with a thumped pass that Djokovic could only volley wide. —

Charlie Eccleshare, The Athletic, 3 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for serve out