give
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～ break down, literally or metaphorically; "The wall collapsed"; "The business collapsed"; "The dam broke"; "The roof collapsed"; "The wall gave in"; "The roof finally gave under the weight of the ice"
give
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～ dedicate; "give thought to"; "give priority to"; "pay attention to"
give
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～ organize or be responsible for; "hold a reception"; "have, throw, or make a party"; "give a course"
give birth
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～ create or produce an idea; "Marx and Engels gave birth to communism"
give
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～ consent to engage in sexual intercourse with a man; "She gave herself to many men"
give
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～ place into the hands or custody of; "hand me the spoon, please"; "Turn the files over to me, please"; "He turned over the prisoner to his lawyers"
give
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～ transmit (knowledge or skills); "give a secret to the Russians"; "leave your name and address here"; "impart a new skill to the students"
give
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～ endure the loss of; "He gave his life for his children"; "I gave two sons to the war"
give
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～ emit or utter; "Give a gulp"; "give a yelp"
give back
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～ pay back; "Please refund me my money"
give chase
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～ go after with the intent to catch; "The policeman chased the mugger down the alley"; "the dog chased the rabbit"
give
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～ be flexible under stress of physical force; "This material doesn't give"
give
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～ deliver in exchange or recompense; "I'll give you three books for four CDs"
give
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～ inflict as a punishment; "She gave the boy a good spanking"; "The judge gave me 10 years"
give
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～ give as a present; make a gift of; "What will you give her for her birthday?"
give a damn
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～ show no concern or interest; always used in the negative; "I don't give a hoot"; "She doesn't give a damn about her job"
give
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～ propose; "He gave the first of many toasts at the birthday party"
give
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～ transfer possession of something concrete or abstract to somebody; "I gave her my money"; "can you give me lessons?"; "She gave the children lots of love and tender loving care"
give
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～ perform for an audience; "Pollini is giving another concert in New York"