give due

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give somebody their due also give the devil his due

something that you say when you want to describe someone's good qualities after they have done something wrong or after you have criticized them She might be bad at writing letters but I'll give her her due, she always phones me at the end of the month. Geoff usually forgets my birthday, but give the devil his due, he always buys me a lovely Christmas present.

See also: due, give

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His first measure was to read the warrant aloud, taking care to give due emphasis to the most material parts, and concluding with the name of the Judge in very audible and distinct tones. The Pioneers by Cooper, James Fenimore View in context This is an affair in which you ought to act honestly with both sides, and give due warning, to avoid compromising others. The Idiot by Dostoyevsky, Fyodor View in context Then your charitable speeches may find vent; then you may remember and pity the toil and the struggle and the failure; then you may give due honour to the work achieved; then you may find extenuation for errors, and may consent to bury them. The Lifted Veil by Eliot, George View in context			give a shit give a shot give a thick ear give a tinker's cuss give a tinkle give a try give a whirl give a wide berth give an account give an earful give an inch Give an inch and he'll take a mile Give an inch and take a mile give as good as get give as good as one gets give away give best shot give birth to give carte blanche give cause for give chapter and verse give chase give credence to Give credit where credit is due give currency give due give ear to give enough rope Give enough rope and he'll hang himself give evidence of give eye teeth for give eyeteeth for give first refusal give food for thought give forth with give free reign give free rein give free rein to give grief give ground give Hail Columbia give head give hell give house room give it a rest Give it a rest! give it a shot Give it all you've got! give it best shot Give it the gun Give it time			give clearance give close attention give color give color give color give color to give colour give colour give colour give compensation for give compensation for in advance give confidence give consent give consent to give control give counsel give credence to give credence to give credit give credit to Give credit where credit is due give currency give currency give currency to Give Daddy the Knife give definite form to give denial to give details give directions give dispensation give due give ear give ear to Give Early Money give earnestly give employment give employment to give enough rope Give enough rope and he'll hang himself give entrance give entrance to give equal value Give Every Child a Chance give evidence give evidence of give expectation give explanation to give expression give expression to give eye teeth give eye teeth for give eye teeth for give eye to be give eyeteeth give eyeteeth for give fair warning

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