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give someone the works (informal)

the (whole) works - everything that you might want or might expect to find in a particular situation. It's a celebration dinner - give us the works.

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Although these lines seem to function as mere accents, they give the works an underlying rhythmic variability, a sort of dynamism that cuts across the recurrent pulse implied by the circular forms. Gretchen Faust: Greengrassi by Schwabsky, Barry / Artforum International Tiny lines of handwritten text trail from the characters' mouths and give the works their titles. JON PYLYPCHUK by Dailey, Meghan / Artforum International More results

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Although these lines seem to function as mere accents, they give the works an underlying rhythmic variability, a sort of dynamism that cuts across the recurrent pulse implied by the circular forms.

Gretchen Faust: Greengrassi by Schwabsky, Barry / Artforum International

Tiny lines of handwritten text trail from the characters' mouths and give the works their titles.

JON PYLYPCHUK by Dailey, Meghan / Artforum International

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