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borrowed time
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A period of time whose precise duration is not known but which can be expected to be quite limited, and at the end of which one's situation, benefits, or opportunities will be entirely terminated.
Other meanings
2. noun
A length of time whose duration has traditionally expired, but which continues nonetheless.
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