borrowed time. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

The American Heritage^® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

borrowed time

SYLLABICATION:	bor·rowed time
PRONUNCIATION:	brd, bôr-
NOUN:	A period of uncertainty during which the inevitable consequences of a current situation are postponed or avoided. Often used with on: terminally ill patients living on borrowed time; an unstable government that existed for months on borrowed time.


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