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gave against

gave against is the simple past of give against.

Meaning of give against

Verb

give against (third-person singular simple present gives against, present participle giving against, simple past gave against, past participle given against)

  1. (transitive) to attack or assault
  2. (obsolete, transitive) to impinge against

Questions about gave against

What is gave against the simple past of?
Gave against is the simple past of give against.

Words near gave against in the dictionary

  1. gave a shit
  2. gave a shite
  3. gave a sneck posset
  4. gave a tin shit
  5. gave about
  6. gave against
  7. gave an inch
  8. gave as good as one got
  9. gave away
  10. gave away the farm
  11. gave away the store

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Adapted from Wiktionary: gave against (page history and authors); give against (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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