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1 give (someone) the slip
to escape from or avoid (someone) in a secretive manner:يَهْرُب او يَتَجَنَّب سِرّاThe crooks gave the policemen the slip.
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2 give (someone) the slip
to escape from or avoid (someone) in a secretive manner:يَهْرُب او يَتَجَنَّب سِرّاThe crooks gave the policemen the slip.
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3 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.يُبَرِّئ لِعَدَم تَوَفُّ الأدِلّه ، يَجْعَل قَرينَةُ الشَّك لِصالِحِه•Remark: benefited and benefiting have one t.Arabic-English dictionary > give (someone) the benefit of the doubt
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4 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.يُبَرِّئ لِعَدَم تَوَفُّ الأدِلّه ، يَجْعَل قَرينَةُ الشَّك لِصالِحِه•Remark: benefited and benefiting have one t.Arabic-English dictionary > give (someone) the benefit of the doubt
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5 give (someone) the cold shoulder
verb ( also ˌcoldˈshoulder)to show that one is unwilling to be friendly with (a person):يُعامِلُ بِجَفاء، يَتَنَكَّرHe cold-shouldered all his sister's friends.
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6 give (someone) the cold shoulder
verb ( also ˌcoldˈshoulder)to show that one is unwilling to be friendly with (a person):يُعامِلُ بِجَفاء، يَتَنَكَّرHe cold-shouldered all his sister's friends.
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7 give (someone) a ticking off
1) to scold someone:يُوَبِّخThe teacher gave me a ticking-off for being late.
2) (American ) (slang) to make someone angry:يُغْضِب، يُغيظIt ticks me off when you speak like that.
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8 give (someone) a ticking off
1) to scold someone:يُوَبِّخThe teacher gave me a ticking-off for being late.
2) (American ) (slang) to make someone angry:يُغْضِب، يُغيظIt ticks me off when you speak like that.
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9 give (someone) credit (for something)
يَعْتَرف بِفَضـلHe was given credit for completing the work so quickly.
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10 give (someone) credit (for something)
يَعْتَرف بِفَضـلHe was given credit for completing the work so quickly.
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11 give (someone) credit (for something)
يَعْتَرف بِفَضـلHe was given credit for completing the work so quickly.
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12 give (someone) credit (for something)
يَعْتَرف بِفَضـلHe was given credit for completing the work so quickly.
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13 give den kolde skulder
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14 give away
1) to give etc (something) to someone (eg because one no longer wants it):يُوَزِّع ، يَهبI'm going to give all my money away.
2) to cause or allow (information etc ) to become known usually accidentally:يَكْشِف، يُفْشي السِّرHe gave away our hiding-place (noun ˈgive-away: the lingering smell was a give-away).
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15 give up
1) to stop, abandon:يَتَخَلّى عن، يُقْلِع عَن، يَتَنازَل عَنThey gave up the search.
2) to stop using etc:يَتَوَقَّف عَنI won't give up all my hobbies for you.
3) to hand over (eg oneself or something that one has) to someone else.يُسَلِّم نفْسَه إلى4) to devote (time etc) to doing something:يُكَرِّسُHe gave up all his time to gardening.
5) ( often with as or for) to consider (a person, thing etc) to be:يَعْتَبِرYou took so long to arrive that we had almost given you up (for lost).
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16 give in
1) to stop fighting and admit defeat; to yield:يَسْتَسْلِم، يُقِر بالهَزيمَهThe soldiers were outnumbered and gave in to the enemy.
2) to hand or bring (something) to someone (often a person in authority):يُسَلِّمDo we have to give in our books at the end of the lesson?
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17 give the boot
to dismiss (someone) or to be dismissed ( usually from a job):يَطْرُدُ من العَمَلHe got the boot for always being late.
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18 give en opsang
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19 give en overhaling
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20 pass the buck
to give the responsibility or blame for something to someone else:She always passes the buck if she is asked to do anything.
يُحَوِّل المَسؤولِيَّه او اللوْم; يُحَوِّلُ المسؤوليه إلى غيرهWhenever he is blamed for anything, he tries to pass the buck.
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