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give it a shot
To try or attempt to do something
“Why not GIVE IT A SHOT?”
give it a whirl
To try something new
“The ski instructor told Sally to GIVE IT A WHIRL”
give it to someone straight
To tell someone the truth directly and honestly
“I'LL GIVE IT TO YOU STRAIGHT - it's not going to work”
give it your all
To try your hardest
“You need to GIVE IT YOUR ALL”
give me a break
Stop annoying me; give me a chance; you're not being reasonable
“Oh, GIVE ME A BREAK.”
give someone a hard time
To criticize or annoy someone
“Don't GIVE HIM A HARD TIME about it.”
give someone a piece of your mind
To tell someone angrily that you disapprove of what they have done
“I'm going to GIVE him A PIECE OF MY MIND”
give someone the cold shoulder
To deliberately ignore someone or be unfriendly to them
“She GAVE him THE COLD SHOULDER after their argument”
give someone the slip
To escape from someone
“I GAVE THEM THE SLIP at the station.”
give the benefit of the doubt
To believe someone's statement without proof; to trust them despite uncertainty
“I'll GIVE him THE BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT”
give the green light
To give permission for someone to do something or for something to happen
“They GAVE THE GREEN LIGHT to the project”
give up the ghost
To stop working; to die
“The old car FINALLY GAVE UP THE GHOST”
give your right arm for
To want something very much; to be willing to sacrifice a lot for something
“I'd GIVE my RIGHT ARM FOR a coffee right now”
glad hand
A friendly handshake
“The politician GLAD HANDED everyone”
glass ceiling
An invisible barrier to advancement
“She hit THE GLASS CEILING”
glued to something
Watching or reading something with complete attention
“The kids are GLUED TO the TV”
glutton for punishment
Someone who keeps doing unpleasant things
“I must be A GLUTTON FOR PUNISHMENT.”
go against the grain
To do something contrary to what's expected
“IT GOES AGAINST THE GRAIN, but I agree with him”
go all out
To do something with as much effort and enthusiasm as possible
“We went ALL OUT for her birthday party”
go bananas
Become very angry or act crazy
“She'll GO BANANAS if she sees the house in this condition”
go belly up
To fail or go bankrupt
“The company WENT BELLY UP”
go bust
To go bankrupt
“Many businesses WENT BUST”
go downhill
To get worse; to decline in quality
“His health has GONE DOWNHILL recently”
go dutch
To split the bill equally; to each pay for their own meal
“Let's GO DUTCH on dinner”
go figure
Used to express that something is surprising, strange, or hard to explain
“They cancelled the meeting - GO FIGURE”
go fly a kite
Go away; stop bothering me
“Oh, GO FLY A KITE.”
go for broke
To risk everything
“Let's GO FOR BROKE”
go from bad to worse
To deteriorate further
“Things WENT FROM BAD TO WORSE rapidly.”
go great guns
To progress rapidly and successfully; to do extremely well
“The new project's GOING GREAT GUNS.”
go haywire
To malfunction or go wrong
“The system WENT HAYWIRE”
go jump in the lake
A dismissive way to tell someone to go away
“He told me TO GO JUMP IN THE LAKE”
go nuts
To go crazy or behave wildly
“The crowd WENT NUTS”
go off the deep end
To become very angry or emotional
“She WENT OFF THE DEEP END when she heard.”
go out on a limb
Do or say something that is different from most other people
“He WENT OUT ON A LIMB and expressed an opposite opinion”
go over like a lead balloon
To be completely unsuccessful
“His joke WENT OVER LIKE A LEAD BALLOON”
go pear shaped
To go wrong
“The plan WENT PEAR SHAPED”
go pear-shaped
To go wrong or fail, especially suddenly and unexpectedly
“The business plan looked promising, but it all WENT PEAR-SHAPED”
go places
To be successful
“She's GOING PLACES”
go south
To decline or fail
“Things are GOING SOUTH”
go straight
To live an honest life after being a criminal
“He decided to GO STRAIGHT”
go the extra mile
To make more effort than is expected or required
“She always GOES THE EXTRA MILE.”
go the whole hog
To do something completely without holding back
“She decided to GO THE WHOLE HOG and renovated the entire house”
go through the roof
To increase to a very high level; to become very angry
“Prices have GONE THROUGH THE ROOF”
go to seed
To decline in quality or condition
“The property's GONE TO SEED, unfortunately.”
go to the dogs
To deteriorate; to get worse in quality
“This neighborhood has GONE TO THE DOGS”
go under
To fail or go bankrupt
“The company WENT UNDER”
go up in smoke
To be wasted or lost; to fail completely
“His dreams WENT UP IN SMOKE”
go whole hog
To do something completely
“Let's GO THE WHOLE HOG”
go with the flow
To adapt to circumstances as they happen
“Just GO WITH THE FLOW and enjoy the trip”
go without saying
To be obvious
“IT GOES WITHOUT SAYING”