give lip service to

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give/pay lip service to something

to say that you agree with and support an idea or plan but not do anything to help it to succeed The company pays lip service to the notion of racial equality but you look around you and all you see are white faces.

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We do feel Ecuador is probably the best choice of the countries that are even refusing to give lip service to the OECD. Ecuador Private Banking by Aurelia Masterson / Banking, finance and accounting community Believe it or not, many companies give lip service to marketing and, as far as I have been able to study, such companies either go under or, if they exist at all, they really don't get anywhere. Do you have a sales prevention department in your company? Part I by Tehrani, Nadji / Customer Interaction Solutions So, dealing effectively with pre-wedding stress is not something that you should give lip service to, but something you should actually add to the many items on your To-Do list. Bridal Guide to Dealing with Pre-Wedding Stress by Simon Brady / Relationships community			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 pause give props to give right arm give rise to give short shrift give some lip give some skin give some sugar give some thought to give static give teeth to			give it large give it large give it large give it the deep six Give it the gun Give it time give it to give it to Give It to Me Give It To Me Baby Give it to me straight give it to straight give judgment Give Kids Good Schools Give Kids The World give leave give legal force give legal form to give legislative sanction give legislative sanction to give lessons give lessons in give liberty to Give life Give life give life for give life for give life for give life for give life to give lip service to give marching orders give me give me Give Me a Break Give Me a Break Give me a break! Give Me A Call Give Me A Call Give Me A Chance Give me a chance! Give Me A Freakin' Break Give Me A Minute Give me a rest! Give me a ring Give Me A Second Give Me Beats Give Me Ed Till I'm Dead Give Me Every Little Thing Give me five! Give Me Football Give me liberty or give me death Give Me Money Give Me My Remote Give Me Shelter Give me skin! Give Me Something to Kill the Pain Give Me Strength

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