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1 give (someone) a call
(to telephone (someone): I'll give you a call tomorrow.) fare una telefonata, telefonare -
2 give someone a buzz
((slang) to telephone someone: I'll give you a buzz as soon as I get there.) fare una telefonata -
3 give (someone) a call
(to telephone (someone): I'll give you a call tomorrow.) fare una telefonata, telefonare -
4 give (someone) a ticking off
(to scold someone: The teacher gave me a ticking-off for being late.) (fare una ramanzina) -
5 give (someone) credit (for something)
(to acknowledge and praise (someone for a good piece of work etc): He was given credit for completing the work so quickly.) rendere omaggioEnglish-Italian dictionary > give (someone) credit (for something)
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6 give (someone) credit (for something)
(to acknowledge and praise (someone for a good piece of work etc): He was given credit for completing the work so quickly.) rendere omaggioEnglish-Italian dictionary > give (someone) credit (for something)
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7 give (someone) his due
(to be fair to someone.) dare a qualcuno quel che gli spetta -
8 give (someone) a ticking off
(to scold someone: The teacher gave me a ticking-off for being late.) (fare una ramanzina) -
9 give (someone) credit (for something)
(to acknowledge and praise (someone for a good piece of work etc): He was given credit for completing the work so quickly.) rendere omaggioEnglish-Italian dictionary > give (someone) credit (for something)
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10 give (someone) credit (for something)
(to acknowledge and praise (someone for a good piece of work etc): He was given credit for completing the work so quickly.) rendere omaggioEnglish-Italian dictionary > give (someone) credit (for something)
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11 give (someone) his due
(to be fair to someone.) dare a qualcuno quel che gli spetta -
12 give (someone) the benefit of the doubt
(to assume that someone is telling the truth because one cannot be sure that he is not doing so.) concedere il beneficio del dubbioEnglish-Italian dictionary > give (someone) the benefit of the doubt
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13 give (someone) the slip
(to escape from or avoid (someone) in a secretive manner: The crooks gave the policemen the slip.) seminare -
14 give (someone) the benefit of the doubt
(to assume that someone is telling the truth because one cannot be sure that he is not doing so.) concedere il beneficio del dubbioEnglish-Italian dictionary > give (someone) the benefit of the doubt
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15 give (someone) the slip
(to escape from or avoid (someone) in a secretive manner: The crooks gave the policemen the slip.) seminare -
16 give (someone) a hammering
(to hammer (= beat) (a person): His father gave him a hammering for stealing.) picchiare -
17 give (someone) a hammering
(to hammer (= beat) (a person): His father gave him a hammering for stealing.) picchiare -
18 give (someone) the cold shoulder
( also coldshoulder verb) (to show that one is unwilling to be friendly with (a person): All the neighbours gave her the cold shoulder; He cold-shouldered all his sister's friends.) essere freddo con qualcunoEnglish-Italian dictionary > give (someone) the cold shoulder
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19 give (someone) the cold shoulder
( also coldshoulder verb) (to show that one is unwilling to be friendly with (a person): All the neighbours gave her the cold shoulder; He cold-shouldered all his sister's friends.) essere freddo con qualcunoEnglish-Italian dictionary > give (someone) the cold shoulder
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20 give up
give up rinunciare, arrendersiEx:to give up on — lasciar perdere [diet, crossword]; considerare irrecuperabile [ pupil]; dare per spacciato [ patient]; piantare [friend, partner]; give up [sth.], give [sth.] up/Ex:1) (renounce or sacrifice) abbandonare, perdere [vice, habit]; rinunciare a [title, claim]; sacrificare [ free time]; lasciare [ job]to give up smoking, drinking — smettere di fumare, di bere
3) (surrender) cedere [seat, territory]; restituire [passport, key]; give up [sb.], give [sb.] up4) (hand over) consegnareto give oneself up — arrendersi, consegnarsi
* * *1) (to stop, abandon: I must give up smoking; They gave up the search.) smettere, abbandonare2) (to stop using etc: You'll have to give up cigarettes; I won't give up all my hobbies for you.) rinunciare a3) (to hand over (eg oneself or something that one has) to someone else.) arrendersi; consegnare4) (to devote (time etc) to doing something: He gave up all his time to gardening.) dedicare5) ((often with as or for) to consider (a person, thing etc) to be: You took so long to arrive that we had almost given you up (for lost).) considerare come* * *1. vt + adv1) (surrender: place) cedere, (hand over: ticket) consegnareto give o.s. up — arrendersi
to give o.s. up to the police — costituirsi alla polizia
2) (renounce: friend, boyfriend, job) lasciare, (abandon: idea) rinunciare a, abbandonare, (abandon hope for: patient) dare per spacciato (-a), (expected visitor) non aspettare piùI gave it up as a bad job fam — ci ho rinunciato, ho abbandonato l'idea
to give up drinking/smoking — smettere di bere/fumare
3)(devote: one's life, time)
to give up (to) — dedicare (a)to give up (for) — (sacrifice: one's life, career) donare (per), dare (per)
2. vi + adv(stop trying) rinunciare, arrendersiI give up! — (trying to guess) mi arrendo!
I couldn't do it, so I gave up — non riuscivo a farlo, così ho lasciato perdere
* * *give up rinunciare, arrendersiEx:to give up on — lasciar perdere [diet, crossword]; considerare irrecuperabile [ pupil]; dare per spacciato [ patient]; piantare [friend, partner]; give up [sth.], give [sth.] up/Ex:1) (renounce or sacrifice) abbandonare, perdere [vice, habit]; rinunciare a [title, claim]; sacrificare [ free time]; lasciare [ job]to give up smoking, drinking — smettere di fumare, di bere
3) (surrender) cedere [seat, territory]; restituire [passport, key]; give up [sb.], give [sb.] up4) (hand over) consegnareto give oneself up — arrendersi, consegnarsi
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