give house room

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not give something/somebody house room

to refuse to become involved with someone or something, because you do not like them or approve of them A respectable organization shouldn't be giving house room to a bunch of bigoted fanatics.

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Let's face it, there are some oil rich states we wouldn't give house room to if they were not oil rich. The Diary by Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England) Tony Blair I don't think we should give house room for one minute to the mumbo-jumbo environmentalist clap-trap of the Green Party, who think we should go back to living in caves. THE QUOTES FOR VOTES by The Mirror (London, England) I don't think we should give house room for one minute to the mumbo-jumbo environmentalist claptrap of the Green Party, who all think we should go back to living in caves' - Scots Tory enterprise spokesman Murdo Fraser at a fuel protest. Election 2005: FUNNY OLD CAMPAIGN; Who said what over 30 days of ... by Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)			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 it to me straight give it to straight give life give lip service to give marching orders give me a break Give me a break! Give me a call Give me a chance! Give me a rest! Give me five! Give my best to give notice give odds that give of oneself give one freedom give oneself over to give oneself up			give get the bum's rush give get the bum's rush Give Girls A Chance give good reasons for give grief give ground give ground give ground give ground give ground give grounds for give Hail Columbia give head give head give head give head give head give heart give heart give heart give heart give heed give heed to give hell give hell give hell give help Give her the gun give honor give hope give house room give ideas give ideas give ideas give ideas give impetus give impulse to give in give in give in charge give in custody give in earnest give in exchange give in kind give in return give in trust give increase Give Indiana Funds for Tomorrow give information give inside information give instructions give into give into give into another’s keeping Give Israel Your United Support give it give it Give it a rest Give it a rest Give it a rest! give it a shot

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