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give someone pause (for thought)

Fig. to cause someone to stop and think. When I see a golden sunrise, it gives me pause for thought. Witnessing an accident is likely to give all of us pause.

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He set down her basket and the tin pot, and stirring the paint with the brush that was in it began painting large square letters on the middle board of the three composing the stile, placing a comma after each word, as if to give pause while that word was driven well home to the reader's heart-- Tess of the d'Urbervilles - A Pure Woman by Hardy, Thomas View in context			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 the benefit of the doubt give the boot give the cold shoulder give the creeps give the devil his due give the elbow give the evil eye give the eye give the finger give the game away give the gate give the glad eye give the green light give the heave ho give the heebie-jeebies			give one’s word of honor give oneself airs give oneself over to give oneself up give onto give opportunity for give or take give or take give or take give oral evidence give orders give origin give origin to give out give out give out again give out among a number give out in payment give out in shares give out information give out that give out that give out with give over give over give over to give over to the foe give pain Give Parents a Break give pause give pause for thought give pause for thought give pause for thought give pause for thought Give Peace a Chance give permission give place to give play to the imagination give political privileges to give power give power of attorney give power to give precise meaning to give previous notice to give previous warning to give proof give proof by a witness Give Proper Time of Day give props to give public notice of give publicity to give quarter give reason for give references give refuge give relief give repose

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