- give it up for
- give it up for (informal)To show one's appreciation to (a person) by cheering or applause• • •Main Entry: ↑give
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give it up for
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give good reasons for — index vindicate Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
give as security for a debt — index pledge (deposit) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
give as security for an obligation — index pledge (deposit) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
give someone what for — verb To punish; to rebuke. She gave him what for all right. But you could see she was ever so pleased and she went around telling everybody about it. Syn: give someone a piece of ones mind, let someone have it … Wiktionary
give (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
give (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
give somebody what-for — verb To admonish or berate; to speak angrily at somebody. He really gave the kid what for about the baseball through his window … Wiktionary
Give — (g[i^]v), v. t. [imp. {Gave} (g[=a]v); p. p. {Given} (g[i^]v n); p. pr. & vb. n. {Giving}.] [OE. given, yiven, yeven, AS. gifan, giefan; akin to D. geven, OS. ge[eth]an, OHG. geban, G. geben, Icel. gefa, Sw. gifva, Dan. give, Goth. giban. Cf.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
give — vt gave, giv·en, giv·ing 1 a: to make a gift of I give the remainder of my estate to my wife compare convey, sell b: to grant or bestow by formal action the law give s … Law dictionary
give as good as one gets — {v. phr.} To be able to give back blow for blow; defend yourself well in a fight or argument. * /The Americans gave as good as they got in the war with the English./ * /George gave as good as he got in his fight with the older boy./ Compare: EYE… … Dictionary of American idioms
give as good as one gets — {v. phr.} To be able to give back blow for blow; defend yourself well in a fight or argument. * /The Americans gave as good as they got in the war with the English./ * /George gave as good as he got in his fight with the older boy./ Compare: EYE… … Dictionary of American idioms
