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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

give it to someone en · VERB

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. (colloquial) To beat up, shoot, rob, murder, hit or provoke someone.
  2. (colloquial) To put up a good fight against someone.
  3. (colloquial) To punish, criticize or verbally abuse someone.
  4. (colloquial) To have sexual relations with someone; to allow someone to have sex with oneself.
    • 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. 2015, Naomi A. Jackson, The Star Side of Bird Hill, page 278:
  5. (colloquial) To give someone credit; to praise someone.
    • I really have to give it to you. You did a great job!

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
gave it to someone Tense=Past lexicographic
giving it to someone Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
gives it to someone Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
given it to someone Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

Synonyms

tan someone's hide · give what for · punish · chasten · gruel · tar out · nail someone to the wall · fix someone's wagon · give it to someone · teach someone a lesson · chastise · have someone's head · give what for · penalize · give someone what for · have someone's hide · amerce · chastise · come down on · malavogue · correct · have someone's guts for garters · hand it to someone · penance · castigate