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given against

given against is the past participle 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 given against

What is given against the past participle of?
Given against is the past participle of give against.

Words near given against in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: given 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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