G
Idioms beginning with "G"
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Contents of G:
[give the slip] {v.}
To escape from (someone); run away from unexpectedly; sneak away from.
An Indian was following, but Boone gave him the slip by running down a hill.
* /Some boys were waiting outside the school to beat up Jack, but he gave them […]
[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 (one) up for] {v. phr.}
To abandon hope for someone or something.
After Larry had not returned to base camp for three nights, his fellow mountain climbers gave him up for dead.
[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 […]