The length of my house from front to back is 100 feet, give or take.
The army spent two billion dollars, give or take a few million, to develop the new fighter plane.
New idioms dictionary. 2014.
give or take (something) — give or ˈtake (sth) idiom if sth is correct give or take a particular amount, it is approximately correct • It ll take about three weeks, give or take a day or so. Main entry: ↑giveidiom … Useful english dictionary
give or take — (something) approximately the amount mentioned. The length of my house from front to back is 100 feet, give or take. The army spent two billion dollars, give or take a few million, to develop the new fighter plane … New idioms dictionary
give heed (to something) — give/pay ˈheed (to sb/sth) | take ˈheed (of sb/sth) idiom (formal) to pay careful attention to sb/sth • They gave little heed to the rumours. • I paid no heed at the time but later I had cause to remember what he d said. • … Useful english dictionary
give-and-take — noun 1. light teasing repartee • Syn: ↑banter, ↑raillery, ↑backchat • Derivationally related forms: ↑banter (for: ↑banter) • Hypernyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
give and take — win and lose, give something to get something Marriage works on a give and take basis more give than take … English idioms
take something into consideration — CONSIDER, give thought to, take into account, allow for, provide for, plan for, make provision for, accommodate, bargain for, reckon with; foresee, anticipate. → consideration * * * take something into consideration phrase to think about a… … Useful english dictionary
give and take — informal if there is give and take between people, each person allows the other to get something that they want They said the secret of a happy marriage was a little bit of give and take … English dictionary
To give and take — Give Give (g[i^]v), v. t. [imp. {Gave} (g[=a]v); p. p. {Given} (g[i^]v n); p. pr. & vb. n. {Giving}.] [OE. given, yiven, yeven, AS. gifan, giefan; akin to D. geven, OS. ge[eth]an, OHG. geban, G. geben, Icel. gefa, Sw. gifva, Dan. give, Goth.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
take something back — 1 I take back every word: RETRACT, withdraw, renounce, disclaim, unsay, disavow, recant, repudiate; formal abjure. 2 I must take the keys back … Useful english dictionary
give-and-take — Synonyms and related words: abatement of differences, accommodation, adjustment, agency, alternation, arrangement, badinage, balance, ballast, banter, bargain, barter, bartering, battledore and shuttlecock, boomerang, brokerage, buying and… … Moby Thesaurus
