give or take

Idioms  

1. Plus or minus a small amount, approximately, more or less. For example, We have ten acres of land, give or take a bit, or It should take a couple of hours, give or take. [Mid-1900s]

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give or take

The revised half-life is 12.044 billion years, give or take 0.088 billion, making it twice as precise as the earlier value derived from nuclear physics.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 30, 2026

That puts the 25 level, give or take, in play for the VIX.

From Barron's ● Jun. 11, 2026

It’s six months, give or take, since AI excitement drove stock valuations above their 2020 bubble high to reach the highest since 2000, the peak of the dot-com bubble.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 19, 2026

So, give or take, that means F2 has tracked inflation since then.

From BBC ● Apr. 16, 2026

“The social workers estimated she was two months old when she came to us, give or take a couple of weeks. That was January thirtieth. So we decided we’d celebrate November thirtieth as her birthday.”

From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng

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