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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

give a light en · VERB

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. (Ireland, UK, idiomatic, slang) To care.
    • White man, white man / Don't you give a light / For the blood you've shed? 1976, Brian May, “White Man”, in A Day at the Races, performed by Queen:
    • I don't think I ever heard / A single little civil word from those guys / But you know I don't give a light 1976, Brian May, “Tie Your Mother Down”, in A Day at the Races, performed by Queen:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
gave a light Tense=Past lexicographic
giving a light Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
given a light Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
gives a light Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Synonyms

concern oneself · heed · mind · worry · bother · care · reck · becare · trouble oneself