give+and+take

  • 11give-and-take — noun 1. light teasing repartee • Syn: ↑banter, ↑raillery, ↑backchat • Derivationally related forms: ↑banter (for: ↑banter) • Hypernyms: ↑ …

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  • 12give-and-take — {n. phr.} 1. A sharing; giving and receiving back and forth between people; a giving up by people on different sides of part of what each one wants so that they can agree. * /Jimmy is too selfish. He has no notion of give and take with the other… …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 13give-and-take — {n. phr.} 1. A sharing; giving and receiving back and forth between people; a giving up by people on different sides of part of what each one wants so that they can agree. * /Jimmy is too selfish. He has no notion of give and take with the other… …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 14give-and-take — n. phr. 1. A sharing; giving and receiving back and forth between people; a giving up by people on different sides of part of what each one wants so that they can agree. Jimmy is too selfish. He has no notion of give and take with the other… …

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  • 15give and take — win and lose, give something to get something    Marriage works on a give and take basis more give than take …

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  • 16give and take — informal if there is give and take between people, each person allows the other to get something that they want They said the secret of a happy marriage was a little bit of give and take …

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  • 17give-and-take — sharing, giving and receiving back and forth between people You must be willing to give and take if you want to have a good marriage …

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  • 18give-and-take — noun (U) a willingness between two people or groups to understand each other, and to let both of them have some of the things they want: In any relationship there always has to be some give and take …

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  • 19give and take — noun A process of compromise or accommodation. They hoped for a solution, but both knew it would require some give and take. Syn: accommodation, compromise, concession, flexibility Ant …

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  • 20give-and-take — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. compromise, barter; conversation. II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. compromise, cooperation, reciprocity, *mutual back scratching, interchange, trade off, collaboration, exchange, swap. III (Roget s… …

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