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  • 51give way — {v.} 1. To go back; retreat. * /The enemy army is giving way before the cannon fire./ Compare: FALL BACK. 2. To make room, get out of the way. * /The children gave way and let their mother through the door./ Compare: MAKE WAY. 3. To lose control… …

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  • 52give\ way — v 1. To go back; retreat. The enemy army is giving way before the cannon fire. Compare: fall back 2. To make room, get out of the way. The children gave way and let their mother through the door. Compare: make way 3. To lose control of yourself;… …

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  • 53give — v 1. bestow, present, donate, contribute; turn over, hand over; confer, award; accord, grant, vouchsafe; leave, entrust. 2. allot, apportion, assign, allocate; mete out, distribute, dispense, dole, Inf. fork out, hand out, supply; Inf. shell out …

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  • 54give a man rope enough and he will hang himself — Rope is used both literally, and figuratively ‘licence, freedom’. 1639 T. FULLER Holy War v. vii. They were suffered to have rope enough, till they had haltered themselves. 1670 J. RAY English Proverbs 148 Give a thief rope enough, and he’ll hang …

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  • 55Hope Was — Infobox Album Name = Hope Was Type = Double album Artist = Soul Whirling Somewhere Released = May 19, 1998 Recorded = Genre = Ambient, Electronica Length = 106:33 Label = Projekt Records Producer = Reviews = * Allmusic Rating|4|5… …

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  • 56give — verb Give is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑authority, ↑benefactor, ↑chart, ↑council, ↑donor, ↑index, ↑jury, ↑move, ↑nature, ↑recording, ↑religion, ↑ …

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  • 57give up — phr verb Give up is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ambition, ↑attempt, ↑authority, ↑belief, ↑career, ↑charade, ↑chase, ↑citizenship, ↑employment, ↑fight, ↑freedom, ↑ …

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  • 58give something some thought — to think carefully about something I hope you ll give our conversation some thought …

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  • 59give (one) up for — {v. phr.} To abandon hope for someone or something. * /After Larry had not returned to base camp for three nights, his fellow mountain climbers gave him up for dead./ …

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  • 60give (one) up for — {v. phr.} To abandon hope for someone or something. * /After Larry had not returned to base camp for three nights, his fellow mountain climbers gave him up for dead./ …

    Dictionary of American idioms