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give someone

Idioms  
  1. see other entries beginning with give someone, or under give one, or look up the expression by its other words, as give the benefit of the doubt.


Example Sentences

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Figuring out how to give someone a health-related gift isn’t always straightforward.

From The Wall Street Journal

For the fans who want Frank gone: who is your preferred candidate to replace him, what does realistic success look like, and how long are you willing to give someone new to achieve it?

From BBC

In that simple act, you give someone the gift of ease, and in turn, you remind yourself what hospitality was always meant to feel like: welcoming, effortless and a little holy.

From Salon

If you’re not going to wear your mother’s jewelry and you can breathe new life into some of these pieces and give someone joy by passing them along, so they can attach a new family history to these pieces, by all means do that.

From MarketWatch

They’re home to exactly the kinds of voters who, in principle, might give someone like Platner a hearing: not deeply ideological, modestly skeptical of both parties and wary of national polarization.

From Salon