G
Idioms beginning with "G"
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[give the willies] {v. phr.}
To cause someone to be uncomfortable, fearful, or nervous.
Sue hates to camp out in a tent; the buzzing of the mosquitoes gives her the willies.
[give thought to] {v. phr.}
To consider; think about.
Have you given any thought to the question of how to sell Grandpa's old house?
Contrast: [GIVE IT SOME THOUGHT].
[give to understand] {v. phr.}, {informal}
1. To make a person think that something is true but not tell him; suggest; hint.
Mr. Johnson gave Billy to understand that he would pay him if he helped him clean the yard.
2. To make a person understand […]
[give up] {v.}
1a. To stop trying to keep; surrender; yield.
The dog had the ball in his mouth and wouldn't give it up.
Jimmy is giving up his job as a newsboy when he goes back to school.
Compare: [GIVE ONESELF UP], [HAND OVER], [LET GO] […]
[give up the ghost] {v. phr.}
To die; stop going.
After a long illness, the old woman gave up the ghost.
The motor turned over a few times and gave up the ghost.
[give up the ship] {v. phr.}
To stop fighting and surrender; stop trying or hoping to do something.
"Don't give up the ship, John," said his father when John failed a test.
[give voice] {v. phr.}, {formal}
To tell what you feel or think; especially when you are angry or want to object. — Used with "to".
The students gave voice to their pleasure over the new building.
* /Little Willie gave voice to his pain when the […]
[give way] {v.}
1. To go back; retreat.
The enemy army is giving way before the cannon fire.
Compare: [FALL BACK].
2. To make room, get out of the way.
The children gave way and let their mother through the door.
Compare: [MAKE WAY].
3. […]
[give way to] {v. phr.}
1a. To make room for; allow to go or pass; yield to.
John gave way to the old lady and let her pass.
1b. To allow to decide.
Mrs. Rogers gave way lo her husband in buying the car.
1c. To lose control of (your […]
[give-and-take] {n. phr.}
1. A sharing; giving and receiving back and forth between people; a giving up by people on different sides of part of what each one wants so that they can agree.
* /Jimmy is too selfish. He has no notion of give-and-take with […]