give someone the runaround
To deliberately evade or deceive someone
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give someone the slip
to escape or evade someone
give someone their cards
to dismiss or fire someone from their job
give someone their flowers
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
give someone their head
Allow someone to act freely or make their own decisions
give someone time
allow someone to have a period to think or act
give someone to understand
To imply or suggest something to someone
give someone what for
Scold or rebuke someone severely
give someone what-for
to scold or rebuke someone severely
give someone wood
to give someone a hard time or tease them
give something a go
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
give something a miss
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
give something a try
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
give something a whirl
To try something to see if you like it or are good at it
give something the old college try
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
give something up
stop doing or having something
Give St
Distaff all the right, Then give Christmas sport good night, And next morrow every one To his own vocation. (1657.
give the axe
to fire or dismiss someone from a job
give the devil his due
To acknowledge someone's skill or achievement, even if you dislike them
give the devil his due
Give even a bad man or one hated like the devil the credit he de- serves.
give the elbow
to dismiss or reject someone
give the lie
To prove someone's statement is false
give the lie to
To prove something is false
give the royal treatment
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
give the sack
to fire or dismiss someone from their job
give the time of day
Tell someone the time when asked
give weight
to add importance or credibility
give what for
to scold or punish someone severely
give zero fucks
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
give, and ye shall receive
If you give something, you will get something in return
gizzard
To grumble in the gizzard; to be secretly displeased.
gkd rags
A demoded slang term for evening dress. Gladiators, Those who fought m the ring in Rome, originally criminals who thus had the choice of death or liberty. They first appeared at the funeral ceremonies of the Romans in 263 B.C ; thc> uere introduced into festivals about 215 B.C. Such combats were suppressed in the Eastern Empire by Constantino in A.D. 325 and in the West by Theodonc in A.D. 500.
glad tidings
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
gladstone
Cheap claret. GLADSTONE reduced the duty on French wines.
glam
Glamorous.
glasgow magistrate
A salt herring; so called because when George IV visited Glasgow some wag placed a salt herring on the iron guard of the carnage of a well-known magis- trate who formed one of the deputation to receive him.
glass ceiling
An invisible barrier to advancement, especially for women or minorities.
glass eyes
A nick name for one wearing spectacles.
Glass House
Army slang for a military prison. It was originally applied to the military prison at North Camp, Aldershot, which had a glass roof.
glass onion
monocle.
glaymore
A Highland broad-sword; from the Erse GLAY, or GLAIVE, a sword; and MORE, great.
glaze
Glass; generally applied to windows. To "star the GLAZE" is to break a window.
glazier
One who breaks windows and shew-glasses, to steal goods exposed for sale. Glaziers; eyes. CANT.--Is your father a glazier; a question asked of a lad or young man, who stands between the speaker and the candle, or fire. If it is answered in the negative, the rejoinder is--I wish he was, that he might make a window through your body, to enable us to see the fire or light.
glengarry bonnet
The Highland bonnet, which rises to a point in front.
glib
Smooth, slippery. Glib tongued; talkative.
glib
A tongue; "slacken your GLIB," i.e., "loosen your tongue."
glim
A light; a candle; a lantern; a fire.
glim
A candle, or dark lantern, used in housebreaking; also fire. To glim; to burn in the hand. CANT.
glim
A light, a lamp; "dowse the GLIM," put out the candle. Sea and Old Cant. GLIMS, spectacles. Gaelic, GLINN, light. German (provincial), GLIMM, a spark.
glim lurk
A begging paper, giving a circumstantial account of a dreadful fire—which never happened.
glimflashy
Angry
glimflashy
Angry, or in a passion. CANT.
glimmerers
Persons begging with sham licences, pretending losses by fire.
glimms
eyes
glimstick
A candlestick. CANT.
gloak
A man. Term much used in old thieves’ cant.
gloatation
Gloating
global warming
The gradual increase in Earth's temperature due to human activity
globular lightning
A meteoric ball (of fire), which sometimes falls on the earth and flies off with an explosion.
Glorious First of June
June 1st, 1794, when Lord Howe, who commanded the Channel fleet, gained a decisive victory over the French off Cape Ushant.
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