- give guard
- phrasal
: to inform a batsman if his bat is at guard — used of an umpire in cricket
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
give guard
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give someone the once-over — give (someone/something) the once over informal to quickly look at someone or examine something in order to see what they are like. The security guard gave me the once over but didn t bother checking my pass. Can you give my essay the once over… … New idioms dictionary
give something the once-over — give (someone/something) the once over informal to quickly look at someone or examine something in order to see what they are like. The security guard gave me the once over but didn t bother checking my pass. Can you give my essay the once over… … New idioms dictionary
give the once-over — give (someone/something) the once over informal to quickly look at someone or examine something in order to see what they are like. The security guard gave me the once over but didn t bother checking my pass. Can you give my essay the once over… … New idioms dictionary
guard — guardable, adj. guarder, n. guardless, adj. guardlike, adj. /gahrd/, v.t. 1. to keep safe from harm or danger; protect; watch over: to guard the ruler. 2. to keep under close watch in order to prevent escape, misconduct, etc.: to guard a prisoner … Universalium
Guard (computing) — In computer programming, a guard is a boolean expression that must evaluate to true if the program execution is to continue in the branch in question. The term is used at least in Haskell, Clean, Erlang, and OCaml programming languages. In… … Wikipedia
guard — /gad / (say gahd) verb (t) 1. to keep safe from harm; protect; watch over. 2. to keep under close watch in order to prevent escape, outbreaks, etc.: to guard a prisoner. 3. to keep in check, from caution or prudence: to guard the tongue. 4. to… …
guard — [[t]gɑrd[/t]] v. t. 1) to keep safe from harm or danger; protect; watch over 2) to keep under close watch in order to prevent escape, misconduct, etc 3) to keep under control as a matter of caution or prudence: to guard one s temper[/ex] 4) to… … From formal English to slang
give fits — {v. phr.} {informal} To upset; bother very much. * /Paul s higher grades give John fits./ * /The short guard gave his tall opponent fits./ Compare: GIVE A HARD TIME … Dictionary of American idioms
give fits — {v. phr.} {informal} To upset; bother very much. * /Paul s higher grades give John fits./ * /The short guard gave his tall opponent fits./ Compare: GIVE A HARD TIME … Dictionary of American idioms
give\ fits — v. phr. informal To upset; bother very much. Paul s higher grades give John fits. The short guard gave his tall opponent fits. Compare: give a hard time … Словарь американских идиом
