Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

give it to someone

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.35 in modern English

Syllables: give it -to -some-one
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To beat up, shoot, rob, murder, hit or provoke someone.

Colloquial

verb

To put up a good fight against someone.

Colloquial

verb

To punish, criticize or verbally abuse someone.

Colloquial

verb

To have sexual relations with someone; to allow someone to have sex with oneself.

Colloquial

verb

To give someone credit; to praise someone.

Colloquial

Example Sentences

"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."
"I really have to give it to you. You did a great job!"

Usage

Colloquial

Inflected Forms

gives it to someone (present, singular) giving it to someone (participle, present) gave it to someone (past) given it to someone (participle, past)

Synonyms

chastise give what for amerce castigate chasten come down on correct fix someone's wagon have someone's guts for garters have someone's head have someone's hide give it to someone

Questions

What does give it to someone mean?: To beat up, shoot, rob, murder, hit or provoke someone.

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