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Robbed; borrowed.

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  1. a. Robbed; borrowed.
  2. n. a flexible tempo; not strictly on the beat
  3. Robbed; borrowed. Temple rubato. Etym: [It.] (Mus.) Borrowed time; -- a term applied to a style of performance in which some tones are held longer than their legitimate time, while others are proportionally curtailed.
  4. Robbed; borrowed. Temple rubato. Etym: [It.] (Mus.) Borrowedtime; -- a term applied to a style of performance in which some tonesare held longer than their legitimate time, while others areproportionally curtailed.
  5. n:100 n. a flexible tempo; not strictly on the beat