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

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

One thing you have done right: Your withholdings are quite accurate, give or take a few hundred dollars.

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 27, 2026

At a current $394, it has faced selling pressure every time it reaches $400 give or take since early March.

From Barron's ● Mar. 17, 2026

She stuck to her normal diet, give or take a few pregnancy cravings, and did strength and conditioning training throughout her pregnancy, stopping "a week or two before" giving birth.

From BBC ● Jan. 22, 2026

She would’ve wanted another thousand, give or take, to tinker with the wireframe prototype.

From "When Dimple Met Rishi" by Sandhya Menon