give over »
Usually as an imperative. To tell someone to stop molesting, fooling around, or saying silly things. Or sometimes to stop saying flattering things.
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give some skin »
To greet or congratulate someone by slapping his or her palm; see slap me five.
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give somebody a hand »
To help, aid, or assist.
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give somebody a hard time »
To tease, kid, or rib.
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give somebody a piece of one's mind »
To express one's opinion strongly; to voice one's disagreement or dissatisfaction.
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give somebody an earful »
To shout very loudly at someone.
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give somebody pause »
To give somebody cause for concern.
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give somebody the brush-off »
To rebuff, snub or curtly reject someone.
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give somebody the cold shoulder »
To snub, resist or reject somebody; to regard somebody distantly.
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give somebody the creeps »
To give someone a feeling of uneasiness or mild fright.
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give somebody the heave-ho »
To fire, expel or break up with someone.
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give somebody the runaround »
Especially by providing useless information or directions .
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give somebody the slip »
To evade, escape, or get away from somebody.
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give somebody what-for »
To admonish or berate; to speak angrily at somebody.
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give someone the chair »
To execute a person by means of the electric chair.
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