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give
/lend an ear To pay close attention; listen attentively.
give
free/full rein to To release from restraints; allow to go unchecked: gave free rein to her emotions.
- (not) give a fig
- (not) give a toss
- (not) give two hoots
- a fool may give a wise man counsel
- back of one's hand
- bear/give witness
- deep six
- dirty look, give a
- don’t give a hoot
- don’t give a rip
- don't give me any of your lip
- Don't give me any of your lip!
- don't give me that
- don't give me that line
- don't give me that story
- don't give me that!
- Don't give up the day job
- don't give up the ship
- don't give up your day job
- enough rope, give someone
- evil eye
- flip/give/shoot somebody the bird
- Friendsgiving
- get a fix on
- get a line on
- get credit for
- get gray hair from
- get the ax
- get the nod
- get the runaround
- give
- give (one) (one's) dues
- give (one) (one's) head
- give (one) (one's) marching orders
- give (one) (one's) walking papers
- give (one) (the right of/to) first refusal
- give (one) a bloody nose
- give (one) a break
- give (one) a buzz
- give (one) a dirty look
- give (one) a dose of (one's) own medicine
- give (one) a fair crack of the whip
- give (one) a free hand
- give (one) a hand
- give (one) a hard time
- give (one) a heads up
- give (one) a leg up
- give (one) a ring
- give (one) a rocket
- give (one) a rough time
- give (one) a run for (one's) money
- give (one) a taste of (one's) own medicine
- give (one) a thick ear
- give (one) a tinkle
- give (one) an earful
- give (one) an inch and (one) will take a mile
- give (one) carte blanche
- give (one) enough rope
- give (one) food for thought
- give (one) free rein
- give (one) grief
- give (one) Hail Columbia
- give (one) head
- give (one) hell
- give (one) Jesse
- give (one) pause
- give (one) running shoes
- give (one) the bag
- give (one) the boot
- give (one) the cold shoulder
- give (one) the creeps
- give (one) the evil eye
- give (one) the finger
- give (one) the heave-ho
- give (one) the heebie-jeebies
- give (one) the kiss of life
- give (one) the old heave-ho
- give (one) the once-over
- give (one) the pink slip
- give (one) the push
- give (one) the sack
- give (one) the shits
- give (one) the shivers
- give (one) the slip
- give (one) the willies
- give (one) what for
- give (one) what's coming (to one)
- give (one's) all
- give (one's) eye teeth for (something)
- give (one's) ground
- give (one's) head for the washing
- give (one's) life
- give (one's) right arm
- give (one's) tuppence (worth)
- give (one's) two cents
- give (one's) two cents' worth
- give (one's) two pennies (worth)
- give (one's) two penn'orth
- give (one's) twopence (worth)
- give (oneself) airs
- give (oneself) away
- give (someone or something) a bad name
- give (someone or something) a wide berth
- give (someone or something) the benefit of the doubt
- give (someone) (a bit of) curry
- give (someone) (a lot of) stick
- give (someone) (one's) word
- give (someone) (the) what for
- give (someone) a bell
- give (someone) a big head
- give (someone) a dingle
- give (someone) a fit
- give (someone) a minute
- give (someone) a nudge
- give (someone) a piece of (one's) mind
- give (someone) a ribbing
- give (someone) a second
- give (someone) a second chance
- give (someone) an out
- give (someone) another chance
- give (someone) credit
- give (someone) face
- give (someone) fits
- give (someone) heart failure
- give (someone) no quarter
- give (someone) the air
- give (someone) the back of (one's) hand
- give (someone) the bird
- give (someone) the brush-off
- give (someone) the bum's rush
- give (someone) the business
- give (someone) the can
- give (someone) the chair
- give (someone) the elbow
- give (someone) the fig
- give (someone) the fright of (someone's) life
- give (someone) the go-ahead
- give (someone) the green light
- give (someone) the horn
- give (someone) the length of (one's) tongue
- give (someone) the lowdown (on something)
- give (someone) the rough side of (one's) tongue
- give (someone) the royal treatment
- give (someone) the shake
- give (someone) the shakes
- give (someone) the stink eye
- give (someone) the third degree
- give (someone) the word
- give (someone) the works
- give (something) (one's) all
- give (something) (one's) best shot
- give (something) a go
- give (something) a lick and a promise
- give (something) a miss
- give (something) a once-over
- give (something) full play
- give (something) the thumbs down
- give (something) the thumbs up
- give (something) thought
- give (something) to (someone) on a (silver) platter
- give (something) to (someone) on a plate
- give (something) weight
- give 110%
- give a bad name to
- give a bang
- give a basket
- give a bawling out
- give a black eye to (someone or something)
- give a blank check
- give a blank look
- give a damn (about someone or something)
- give a dig
- give a dog a bad name
- give a dog a bad name and hang him
- give a fuck
- give a fuck about someone/something
- give a good account of
- give a good account of oneself
- give a good account of yourself
- give a hand
- give a hard time
- give a lead
- give a lift
- give a line
- give a little
- give a man enough rope and he will hang himself
- give a new lease of life
- give a pain
- give a piece of mind
- give a rat's arse
- give a red face
- give a ring
- give a shit
- give a shit about someone/something
- give a shite
- give a sneck posset
- give a try
- give a wide berth
- give an account
- give an arm and a leg (for something)
- give an arm and a leg for
- give an arm and a leg for something
- give an inch
- Give an inch and he'll take a mile
- give an inch and they'll take a mile
- give and take
- give anything (for something)
- give as good as one gets
- give as good as you get
- give away
- give away the shop
- give away the store
- give back
- give bad marks to
- give battle
- give best shot
- give birth
- give birth to
- give birth to (someone or something)
- give cause for
- give chapter and verse
- give chase
- give color to (something)
- give credence to
- give credit
- give credit to (someone)
- Give credit where credit is due
- give currency
- give ear to
- give ear to (someone or something)
- Give enough rope and he'll hang himself
- give evidence of
- give eyeteeth
- give for
- give forth with
- give free rein to
- give ground
- give Hail Columbia
- give head
- give heed to (something)
- give hell to
- give her the bells and let her fly
- give him enough rope and he'll hang himself
- give hostage to fortune
- give in
- give in to (someone)
- give it (one's) best shot
- give it a burl
- give it a rest
- Give it a rest!
- give it a shot
- give it a whirl
- Give it all you've got!
- give it laldy
- give it large
- give it one's best shot
- give it some stick
- give it some welly
- Give it the gun
- Give it time
- give it to
- give it to (one) straight
- give it to (someone)
- give it to me straight
- give it to someone
- give it up
- Give it up!
- give it your best shot
- give leg bail
- give lip service to (something)
- give me
- give me (a) five!
- give me a break
- Give me a break!
- Give me a call
- Give me a chance!
- Give me a rest!
- Give me five!
- Give me liberty, or give me death!
- Give me skin!
- Give me some skin!
- give me something/somebody
- give me strength!
- Give my best to
- give notice
- give odds
- give odds that
- give of
- give of oneself
- give off
- give offense to
- give on
- give one
- give one freedom
- give one one’s pounds
- give one's eyeteeth
- give oneself over to
- give oneself up
- give or take
- give out
- give out with something
- give over
- give pap with a hatchet
- give pause
- give pause for thought
- give pause to someone
- give place to
- give place to somebody/something
- give preference to somebody/something
- give props to (one)
- give rein to
- give rein to (someone or something)
- give right arm
- give rise to
- give rise to (something)
- give rise to something
- give shape to something
- give short shrift
- give some lip
- give some skin
- give some sugar
- give some thought to
- give somebody a bell
- give somebody a big hand
- give somebody a break
- give somebody a buzz
- give somebody a hand
- give somebody a leg-up
- give somebody a piece of your mind
- give somebody a ring
- give somebody a rocket
- give somebody a rough, hard, bad, etc. time
- give somebody a shout
- give somebody a taste/dose of their own medicine
- give somebody a turn
- give somebody an inch
- give somebody enough rope
- give somebody five
- give somebody grief
- give somebody gyp
- give somebody half a chance
- give somebody hell
- give somebody ideas
- give somebody something to think about
- give somebody stick
- give somebody the benefit of the doubt
- give somebody the elbow
- give somebody the evil eye
- give somebody the finger
- give somebody the hairy eyeball
- give somebody the heave-ho
- give somebody the nod
- give somebody the runaround
- give somebody the shaft
- give somebody the slip
- give somebody the willies/heebie-jeebies/creeps
- give somebody their due
- give somebody their head
- give somebody their marching orders
- give somebody their walking papers
- give somebody to believe/understand...
- give somebody what for
- give somebody your word
- give somebody/get a dirty look
- give somebody/get a hammering
- give somebody/get a pasting
- give somebody/get a roasting
- give somebody/get a thick ear
- give somebody/get the all-clear
- give somebody/get the boot
- give somebody/get the bum's rush
- give somebody/get the cold shoulder
- give somebody/get the green light
- give somebody/get the hump
- give somebody/get the low-down
- give somebody/get the OK/okay
- give somebody/get the push
- give somebody/get the sack
- give somebody/get the shivers
- give somebody/get the silent treatment
- give somebody/get what for
- give somebody/get/have the run of something
- give somebody/have a bumpy ride
- give somebody/something a wide berth
- give somebody/something a/the once-over
- give somebody/something short shrift
- give somebody/something up as a bad job
- give somebody/something up for lost
- give somebody/yourself a pat on the back
- give someone
- give someone (the) rundown
- give someone a bad time
- give someone a bell
- give someone a big hand
- give someone a black eye
- give someone a bloody nose
- give someone a break
- give someone a buzz
- give someone a dig
- give someone a fit
- give someone a good talking to
- give someone a good working over
- give someone a leg up
- give someone a melvin
- give someone a mouthful
- give someone a pain
- give someone a piece of your mind
- give someone a ring
- give someone a run for their money
- give someone a talking to
- give someone a taste of their own medicine
- give someone a thick ear
- give someone a tongue-lashing
- give someone a working over
- give someone an earful
- give someone an even break
- give someone an inch
- give someone an inch and they'll take a mile
- give someone beans
- give someone Bondi
- give someone both barrels
- give someone enough rope
- give someone enough rope to hang themselves
- give someone five
- give someone free rein
- give someone furiously to think
- give someone grief
- give someone gyp
- give someone heart failure
- give someone hell
- give someone his or her due
- give someone his or her head
- give someone or something a run for their money
- give someone or something a wide berth
- give someone or something best
- give someone skin
- give someone the air
- give someone the ax
- give someone the benefit of
- give someone the benefit of the doubt
- give someone the big e
- give someone the bird
- give someone the brushoff
- give someone the bum's rush
- give someone the business
- give someone the cold shoulder
- give someone the creeps
- give someone the elbow
- give someone the evil eye
- give someone the eye
- give someone the finger
- give someone the flick
- give someone the gate
- give someone the gears
- give someone the glad hand
- give someone the go-by
- give someone the hairy eyeball
- give someone the nod
- give someone the once-over
- give someone the pip
- give someone the push
- give someone the raspberry
- give someone the rough side of your tongue
- give someone the runaround
- give someone the screaming abdabs
- give someone the shaft
- give someone the silent treatment
- give someone the slip
- give someone the third degree
- give someone the time of day
- give someone the works
- give someone their head
- give someone their marching orders
- give someone their walking papers
- give someone up
- give someone up for lost
- give someone what for
- give someone/something a wide berth
- give someone/something the finger
- give someone/something the green light
- give someone/something the once-over
- give something a facelift
- give something a miss
- give something a once-over
- give something a rest
- give something a whirl
- give something the old college try
- give something the thumbs down
- give something the thumbs up
- give something up as a bad job
- give something your best shot
- give something/someone the heave-ho
- give static
- give teeth to
- give thanks for small blessings
- give thanks for small mercies
- give the all-clear
- give the benefit of the doubt
- give the devil his due
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