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• Him

  ·pron Them. ·see <<Hem>>. II. Him ·pron The objective case of he. ·see <<He>>. ...

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• Give

  ·vi To have a misgiving. II. Give ·vi To become soft or moist. III. Give ·vi To give a gift or gif...

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• to give him the mitten

  This phrase is used of a girl who discards her sweetheart. She gave him the mitten means that she ga...

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• board him

  A colloquialism for I'll ask, demand, or accost him. Hence Shakspeare makes Polonius say of Hamlet, ...

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• give best

  v. Australian slang, meaning toacknowledge superiority, or to give up trying at anything. 1883. Ke...

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• give way

  The order to a boat's crew to renew rowing, or to increase their exertions if they were already rowi...

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• give a spell

  To intermit or relieve work. (See spell.) ...

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• give chase, to

  to make sail in pursuit of a stranger. ...

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• give her sheet

  The order to ease off; give her rope. ...

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• give way together

  So that the oars may all dip and rise together, whereby the force is concentrated. ...

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• to give it to one

  is to rate, scold, or beat him severely.--Holloway, Prov. Dict. Used in the same sense in America. ...

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• to set her cap for him

  To direct her attentions to him; to endeavor to win his affections. Dr. Johnson notices the phrase, ...

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• board him in the smoke

  To take a person by surprise, as by firing a broadside, and boarding in the smoke. ...

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• give her so and so

  The direction of the officer of the watch to the midshipman, reporting the rate of sailing by the lo...

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• give way with a will

  Pull heartily together. ...

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