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

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

From BBC ● Apr. 16, 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

Sixty-six million years ago, give or take a few centuries, an asteroid about the size of Manhattan Island slammed into Earth near what we now call the Yucatán Peninsula of Mexico.

From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin