What is the meaning of GIVE IT-A-BREAK. Phrases containing GIVE IT-A-BREAK
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A request to please applaud for something. "Ladies and gentlemen, give it up for . . ."Â
Vrb phrs. To attempt or try something. E.g."Why don't you give it a bash, and if you find you can't do it or dont like it, we'll give you your money back."
Give it a shot is slang for attempt it.
Discontinue, cease, quit. e.g. "You've been talking for the past twenty minutes, will you give it a break!"
Vrb phrs. To attempt something. E.g."Go on, give it whirl, it can't do any harm." {Informal}
Give it some cog is British slang for to accelerate.
Give five is American slang for to greet someone by hand.
try it, have a go ‘OK, I’ll give it a burl’
Give it some welly is British slang for to accelerate.
Give a hand is slang for assist.
Give it large is British slang for to verbally intimidate. Give it large is British slang for to boast.
Give it some is slang for putting some effort into something.
trying-something out ‘Come on, give it a bash
Vrb phrs. To care about, to have a concern, however usually used in phrases such as who gives a duck, or to not give a duck. Euphemistic for 'give a fuck'.
Verb. To applaud, show one's appreciation. E.g."Give it up for this week's guest celebrity..." [Orig. U.S.]
give up on something ‘I may as well give it away.’
Give it some boot is British slang for to accelerate.
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v. t.
To collect into a hive; to place in, or cause to enter, a hive; as, to hive a swarm of bees.
n.
To devote; to apply; used reflexively, to devote or apply one's self; as, the soldiers give themselves to plunder; also in this sense used very frequently in the past participle; as, the people are given to luxury and pleasure; the youth is given to study.
v. i.
To give a gift or gifts.
imp.
of Give
a.
Full of earnestness; active; wide awake; glowing; as, a live man, or orator.
v. t. & i.
To give.
n.
To pledge; as, to give one's word.
pron.
As a substance for any noun of the neuter gender; as, here is the book, take it home.
a.
Imparting power; having motion; as, the live spindle of a lathe.
n.
To cause; to make; -- with the infinitive; as, to give one to understand, to know, etc.
pron.
As an indefinite nominative for a impersonal verb; as, it snows; it rains.
n.
To yield; to furnish; to produce; to emit; as, flint and steel give sparks.
p. p.
of Give
pron.
As an indefinite object after some intransitive verbs, or after a substantive used humorously as a verb; as, to foot it (i. e., to walk).
n.
To excite or cause to exist, as a sensation; as, to give offense; to give pleasure or pain.
a.
Being in a state of ignition; burning; having active properties; as, a live coal; live embers.
v. t.
To give.
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