Meaning

5 senses

  1. (colloquial)To beat up, shoot, rob, murder, hit or provoke someone.

  2. (colloquial)To put up a good fight against someone.

  3. (colloquial)To punish, criticize or verbally abuse someone.

  4. (colloquial)To have sexual relations with someone; to allow someone to have sex with oneself.

  5. (colloquial)To give someone credit; to praise someone.

    I really have to give it to you. You did a great job!

Examples

43 sentences

  1. Give it to someone who needs it.

    ruОтдай это тому, кто в этом нуждается. — sharptoothed

    deGib es jemandem, der es benötigt. — sigfrido

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  2. Give someone else a chance to do that.

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  3. What advice would you give to someone starting out?

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  4. What kind of gift can you give someone like Tom?

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  5. When was the last time you gave someone a gift?

    deWann hast du das letztemal jemandem etwas geschenkt? — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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Forms

gives it to someone, giving it to someone, gave it to someone, given it to someone
Base formgive it to someone · to give it to someone
3rd person singulargives it to someone
Present participlegiving it to someone
Past simplegave it to someone
Past participlegiven it to someone

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theygive it to someone
he, she, itgives it to someone

Past simpleLesson

all personsgave it to someone

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave given it to someone
he, she, ithas given it to someone

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill give it to someone

Synonyms

23 synonyms
correctB2penalizeB2punishB1chastisegive what foramercecastigatechastencome down onfix someone's wagonhave someone's guts for gartershave someone's headhave someone's hidegive someone what for

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
giveA1giveawayB2givenA2
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