Give someone a hotfoot
verb phrase
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- Give someone a jump
verb phrase To do the sex act to or with; boff, screw: went in a bedroom there with the broad, gave her a jump (1980s+)
- Give someone a miss
verb phrase To avoid; not opt for •The go-by variant is attested from the mid-1600s: Give these girls a miss/ become fed up with a slang phrase and resolve to give it the go-by in the future [first form 1919+, second 1659+; miss form is fr billiards]
- Give someone a pain
verb phrase (Variations: in the neck or in the ass may be added) To be distasteful, repellent, tedious, etc: That guy gives me a royal pain in the neck/ one of those bragging polymath types who gave everybody a ass (entry form 1891+, neck 1921+, ass 1940s+)
- Give someone a ring
verb phrase To call on the telephone (1940s+) 1. Also, give someone a buzz. Call someone on the telephone, as in Give me a ring next week, or Bill said he’d give her a buzz. Both these expressions allude to the sound of a telephone’s ring. [ ; c. 1920 ] 2. Present a lover […]
- Give someone a slap on the wrist
verb phrase To give a light and insufficient punishment; RAP someone’s KNUCKLES: They caught a couple more Mafiosi and I’m sure they’ll give them a real good slap on the wrist (1914+)