Usually means: Living beyond expected life span.
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  1. borrowed time: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. borrowed time: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. borrowed time: Wiktionary
  4. borrowed time: Infoplease Dictionary
  5. borrowed time: Dictionary.com
  6. Borrowed Time (Diamond Head album), Borrowed Time (John Lennon song), Borrowed Time (Styx song), Borrowed Time (film), Borrowed Time (video game): Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  7. borrowed time: Dictionary/thesaurus

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  1. borrowed time: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (borrowed time)

noun:  (idiomatic) 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.
noun:  A length of time whose duration has traditionally expired, but which continues nonetheless.

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