give or take (something)
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give or take something — give or take (something) approximately the amount mentioned. The length of my house from front to back is 100 feet, give or take. The army spent two billion dollars, give or take a few million, to develop the new fighter plane … New idioms dictionary
give or take — (something) approximately the amount mentioned. The length of my house from front to back is 100 feet, give or take. The army spent two billion dollars, give or take a few million, to develop the new fighter plane … New idioms dictionary
give heed (to something) — give/pay ˈheed (to sb/sth) | take ˈheed (of sb/sth) idiom (formal) to pay careful attention to sb/sth • They gave little heed to the rumours. • I paid no heed at the time but later I had cause to remember what he d said. • … Useful english dictionary
give-and-take — noun 1. light teasing repartee • Syn: ↑banter, ↑raillery, ↑backchat • Derivationally related forms: ↑banter (for: ↑banter) • Hypernyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
give and take — win and lose, give something to get something Marriage works on a give and take basis more give than take … English idioms
take something into consideration — CONSIDER, give thought to, take into account, allow for, provide for, plan for, make provision for, accommodate, bargain for, reckon with; foresee, anticipate. → consideration * * * take something into consideration phrase to think about a… … Useful english dictionary
give and take — informal if there is give and take between people, each person allows the other to get something that they want They said the secret of a happy marriage was a little bit of give and take … English dictionary
To give and take — Give 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.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
take something back — 1 I take back every word: RETRACT, withdraw, renounce, disclaim, unsay, disavow, recant, repudiate; formal abjure. 2 I must take the keys back … Useful english dictionary
give-and-take — Synonyms and related words: abatement of differences, accommodation, adjustment, agency, alternation, arrangement, badinage, balance, ballast, banter, bargain, barter, bartering, battledore and shuttlecock, boomerang, brokerage, buying and… … Moby Thesaurus
