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give someone a buzz

in the sðeering of a car.) Max gave Ted somłbody please give me a hand with this?
a bum steer and Ted ended up in the wrong Can you give me a hand with the bØby?
town. Someone gave me a bum steer and
I paid far more than I needed to for a used gØve someone a hyrdŁtime to give somone
car. unnecessaryŁdifficulty.Ł Please doà’t givł
me a hard time. The clłrk gave me a
gØve someone a buzz Go to give someone a hard time, so I walked out.
ràng.
gØve someone a headŁstartŁ(on someone or
gØve someone a charge Go to give someone something) 1. [with someone] to allow
a bang. sàmeone to sðart (something)b earlier
gØve someone a cleyn billŁofŁheylth [forŁa thanŁsomeone else.Ł They gave Bill a
doctor]bto pronounce sàmeone wellŁand head start on everyone else, so he arrived
healthy. The doctor gave Sally a clean early. Please give me a head start on
bill of health. I had hoped to be givłn Ø Charles. He is too fast! 2. [with some-
clean bill of health, but there was some- thing] to allow someone to sðart some-
thing wrong with my blood test results. thingŁearlierŁ(thanŁsomeone else).Ł We’ll
give you a head start on the project. I
gØve someone a dirtyŁlook [forŁaŁpersàn]bto need a head start on the Łest because I lost
frown or make an angry face at someone. my glasses.
Ann gØve me a drty look. I gØve her
a drty look back. gØve someone a kick Go to give someone a
bang.
gØve someone a fairŁshake to give somone
fairŁtreatment.Ł He’s unpleasant, but wł gØve someone a lØcking to beat someone.Ł
have to give him a fair shake. We give Bill give Tom a lickng in a fight. I’ll give
all our people a fair shake. you a good lickng if you doà’t leave mł
gØve someone a fixcon something to tell som- alone.
one the location of something. (See alsà gØve someone a line and feed someone a
get a fix on something.) Please give me a line to leadŁ someone on;Ł to deceive
fix on your locØtion. If you give the someone with false talk.Ł Don’t pØy any
tower a fix on where you are, they can ad- attention to John. He gives everybody a
vise you on runway selection.
lne. He’s alwØys feedng us a lne.
gØve someone a freeŁhyndŁ(withŁ something) gØve someone an earful 1. to scold somon.
to give someone complete control over I was so mad at her! I really gave her
sàmething. (See also get a free hand an earful. When I find that lttle jerk
(with someone or something).) They gavł I’m going to give him an earful. 2. to tell
me a free hand with the project. I fłel sàmeone aŁlot of gossip;Łto give sàmeone
proud that they gØve me a free hand. That aŁlot of infàrmation.Ł I just talked to
means that they trust my judgmłnt.
Margaret. Boy did she give me an earful.
gØve someone a (głod)Łdressing-dłwn a She always gives me an earful. Other-
scàlding. After that dressing-down I wise I’d never know what’s going on.
won’t be lØte again. The boss gØve Fred
a real dressing-down for breaking the gØve someone a pain to annoy or bother
machine. sàmeone.Ł (Slang.) Here comes Sally.
Oh, she gives me a pain. She’s such a
gØve someone a hyndŁ(for something) to ap- pest. She really gives me a pain.
plaudŁsomeone forŁsomething.Ł After
she sang, they gave her a nice hand. gØve someone a patŁon theŁbyck Go to pat
Come on, give them a hand. They did very someone on the back.
well.
gØve someone a pØeceŁofŁ one’ mind to bawl
gØve someone a hyndŁ(withŁ someone ortsome- sàmeone out; to tell someone off; to rebuke
thing) to helpŁsomeone with someone or someone. I’ve had enough from John.
sàmething, often with the hands.Ł Will I’m going to give him a piece of my mnd.

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