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gives it to someone

gives it to someone is the third-person singular simple present indicative of give it to someone.

Meaning of give it to someone

Verb

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

  1. (colloquial) To beat up, shoot, rob, murder, hit or provoke someone.
  2. (colloquial) To put up a good fight against someone.
  3. (colloquial) To punish, criticize or verbally abuse someone.
  4. (colloquial) To have sexual relations with someone; to allow someone to have sex with oneself.
    • Someone else was kissing her old boyfriend Darren, some other girl wearing his class ring and letting him give it to her in one of Erasmus's abandoned stairwells.2015, Naomi A. Jackson, The Star Side of Bird Hill, page 278
  5. (colloquial) To give someone credit; to praise someone.
    • I really have to give it to you. You did a great job!

Questions about gives it to someone

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Gives it to someone is the third-person singular simple present indicative of give it to someone.

Words near gives it to someone in the dictionary

  1. gives it mouth
  2. gives it one's best shot
  3. gives it socks
  4. gives it some welly
  5. gives it the gun
  6. gives it to someone
  7. gives it up
  8. gives life to
  9. gives lip
  10. gives me
  11. gives name to

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