give or take en · ADV
Etymology
First attested in c. 1958. See cite below.
Meanings
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(informal) Approximately; plus or minus some unknown amount.
Estimate Lakenheath twelve thirty hours. Give or take a few minutes, natch.
1958, Peter Bryant, Red Alert:He was six feet tall, give or take.
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(informal) Approximately; within a certain margin of error.
six months, give or take a few days
Individual episodes are still thrilling and often quite striking, give or take some pitch-black battle scenes. But the gradual ramping up of the plotting that has grown steadily in the past three seasons crossed some invisible Maginot line this year, where the formerly acceptable trade-offs of focus for fun are no longer quite so taken for granted.
2019 May 19, Alex McLevy, “The final Game Of Thrones brings a pensive but simple meditation about stories (newbies)”, in The A.V. Club, archived from the original on 22 May 2019:
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Synonyms
all but · more or less · by and large · almost · or so · loosely · close · plus or minus · circa · nearabout · almost · -ish · near · ± · sort of · imprecisely · give or take · around · some · just about · say · odd · roughly · close · some · or so · nearly · well-nigh · loosely · fornigh · approaching · close to · -some · thereabout · approaching · all but · circa · close to · nigh on · essentially · virtually · imprecisely · kind of · ± · nearabout · say · roughly · kind of · roundly · plus or minus · about · give or take · around · fornigh · by and large · thereabout · just about · more or less · nigh on · nearly · well-nigh · for all practical purposes · for all practical purposes · -ish · roundly · sort of · odd · virtually · -some · essentially · near · about
Translations (14)
pt mais ou menos (approximately) · pl mniej więcej (approximately) · hu plusz-mínusz egy/egynéhány (approximately) · hu esetleg valamivel/valamennyivel több vagy kevesebb (approximately) · fi suuntaan tai toiseen (approximately) · fi likimain (approximately) · el πάνω κάτω (approximately) · pl z grubsza (approximately) · es más o menos (approximately) · es plus minusve (approximately) · id kurang lebih (approximately) · gl máis ou menos (approximately) · fi suurinpiirtein (approximately) · az aşağı-yuxarı (approximately)