give a buzz
give a ring
give one a ring
To call on the telephone.
Alice will give her friend a buzz tonight.
Mrs. Jacobs promised to give her husband a ring in the afternoon.
Let me give her a ring and see what she thinks about all this.
Give me a ring tonight, and we'll work out the details.
give a hang
care a hang
To have any interest or liking; care. Used also with other words in the place of hang, such as damn, rap, straw; usually used in the negative.
You can quit helping me if you want to. I don't give a hang.
Some people don't care a rap about sports.
Bruce never goes to the dances; he does not care a straw about dancing.
give a hard time
To give trouble by what you do or say; complain.
Jane gave her mother a hard time on the bus by fighting with her sister and screaming.
Don't give me a hard time, George. I'm doing my best on this job.
To get in the way by teasing or playing; kid.
Don't give me a hard time, boys. I'm trying to study.
give a pain
To make (you) disgusted; annoy.
Ann's laziness gives her mother a pain.
John's bad manners give his teacher a pain.
give a wide berth
To keep away from; keep a safe distance from.
Mary gave the barking dog a wide berth.
Jack gave a wide berth to the fallen electric wires.
After Tom got Bob into trouble. Bob gave him a wide berth.
give an ear to
lend an ear to
To listen to.
Children should give an ear to their parents' advice.
The king lent an ear to the complaints of his people.
give as good as one gets
To be able to give back blow for blow; defend yourself well in a fight or argument.
The Americans gave as good as they got in the war with the English.
George gave as good as he got in his fight with the older boy.
give away
To give as a present.
Mrs. Jones has several kittens to give away.
To hand over (a bride) to her husband at the wedding.
Mr. Jackson gave away his daughter.
To let (a secret) become known; tell the secret of.
The little boy gave away his hiding place when he coughed.
Mary said she didn't care anything about John, but her blushing face gave her away.