Give color to


see: lend color to

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    verb phrase give head (1970s+ Teenagers)

  • Give credit

    1. Also, extend credit. Trust someone to pay at some future time what he or she owes. For example, I haven’t enough cash this month, so I hope they’ll give me credit. This use of credit dates from the mid-1500s. 2. Acknowledge an accomplishment, as in They really should give her credit for the work […]

  • Give five fingers to

    verb phrase To thumb one’s nose at: Then you could give five fingers to every cop (1940s+)

  • Give good something

    verb phrase To be very effective at something; work well at or as something: Zoe Baird gives good daughter/ Mozart gives good sound track [1990s+; based on give (good) head]

  • Give it a rest

    verb phrase


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