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1 give (someone) the slip
(to escape from or avoid (someone) in a secretive manner: The crooks gave the policemen the slip.) fausser compagnie à -
2 give (someone) the slip
(to escape from or avoid (someone) in a secretive manner: The crooks gave the policemen the slip.) fausser compagnie à -
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.) laisser le bénéfice du doute (à qqn)English-French 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.) laisser le bénéfice du doute (à qqn)English-French dictionary > give (someone) the benefit of the doubt
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5 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.) se montrer froid envers qqnEnglish-French dictionary > give (someone) the cold shoulder
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6 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.) se montrer froid envers qqnEnglish-French dictionary > give (someone) the cold shoulder
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7 give (someone) a ticking off
(to scold someone: The teacher gave me a ticking-off for being late.) engueuler, passer un savon à -
8 give (someone) a ticking off
(to scold someone: The teacher gave me a ticking-off for being late.) engueuler, passer un savon à -
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.) rendre hommage (à qqn pour qqh.)English-French 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.) rendre hommage (à qqn pour qqh.)English-French dictionary > give (someone) credit (for something)
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11 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.) rendre hommage (à qqn pour qqh.)English-French dictionary > give (someone) credit (for something)
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12 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.) rendre hommage (à qqn pour qqh.)English-French dictionary > give (someone) credit (for something)
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13 give away
1) (to give etc (something) to someone (eg because one no longer wants it): I'm going to give all my money away.) donner2) (to cause or allow (information etc) to become known usually accidentally: He gave away our hiding-place (noun give-away: the lingering smell was a give-away).) révéler -
14 give up
1) (to stop, abandon: I must give up smoking; They gave up the search.) cesser (de)2) (to stop using etc: You'll have to give up cigarettes; I won't give up all my hobbies for you.) renoncer à3) (to hand over (eg oneself or something that one has) to someone else.) (se) rendre, (se) livrer4) (to devote (time etc) to doing something: He gave up all his time to gardening.) consacrer5) ((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).) considérer comme -
15 give in
1) (to stop fighting and admit defeat; to yield: The soldiers were outnumbered and gave in to the enemy.) se rendre2) (to hand or bring (something) to someone (often a person in authority): Do we have to give in our books at the end of the lesson?) remettre -
16 give
(to dismiss (someone) or to be dismissed (usually from a job): He got the boot for always being late.) congédier -
17 put/throw (someone) off the scent
(to give (a person) wrong information so that he will not find the person, thing etc he is looking for: She told the police a lie in order to throw them off the scent.) dérouterEnglish-French dictionary > put/throw (someone) off the scent
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18 put/throw (someone) off the scent
(to give (a person) wrong information so that he will not find the person, thing etc he is looking for: She told the police a lie in order to throw them off the scent.) dérouterEnglish-French dictionary > put/throw (someone) off the scent
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19 put (someone) / be in the picture
(to give or have all the necessary information (about something): He put me in the picture about what had happened.) mettre au courantEnglish-French dictionary > put (someone) / be in the picture
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20 put (someone) / be in the picture
(to give or have all the necessary information (about something): He put me in the picture about what had happened.) mettre au courantEnglish-French dictionary > put (someone) / be in the picture
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