Give someone the raspberry
verb phrase
To make a noise expressing displeasure or contempt: audience gave her the raspberry for such distasteful jokes
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- Give someone the runaround
verb phrase To be deceptive and persistently evasive with someone: Don’t give me the runaround (1924+)
- Give someone the sack
verb phrase To dismiss someone; terminate employment [1825+; origin uncertain; the phrase donner son sac, ”to give him his sack,” has been current in French since the 1600s; sack may be ”traveling bag, bindle”]
- Give someone the shaft
verb phrase To swindle, maltreat, or otherwise deal punishingly with someone; fuck, shaft: He wasn’t expecting much praise, but he sure didn’t think they’d give him the shaft like that (1940s+)
- Give someone the shake
verb phrase To rid oneself of someone; get away from someone: He gave the cops the shake a block or so away/ I’ve been expecting Tish to give you the shuck (1940s+)
- Give someone the shakes
verb phrase To instill fear and trembling; intimidate: he’s being paid $5.4 million by the New York Yankees to give opposing batters the shakes [1940s+; the shakes, ”a fit of trembling fear,” is found by 1837]