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get your ducks in a row
To be well organized
“I need to GET MY DUCKS IN A ROW first.”
get your feet wet
To begin taking part in a new activity
“You've decided to GET YOUR FEET WET and enrolled”
get your hands dirty
To do hard or unpleasant work
“You need to GET YOUR HANDS DIRTY”
get your head around
To understand something difficult
“I can't GET MY HEAD AROUND this concept.”
get your oats
To get what you need; to have sexual intercourse
“He's GETTING HIS OATS regularly now”
ghost town
A place with no people
“The city became A GHOST TOWN”
gift of the gab
The ability to speak easily and confidently so people like and trust what you say
“The candidate's GIFT OF THE GAB helped her”
gild the lily
To try to improve something that's already good
“Don't GILD THE LILY”
gilt-edged
Describes an investment or asset that is considered to be of the highest quality and very secure
“The company's GILT-EDGED bonds are highly sought after”
give a hand
To help someone
“Can you GIVE me A HAND with these boxes?”
give and take
Negotiations, the process of compromise
“A relationship requires GIVE AND TAKE”
give it a rest
To stop talking about something
“GIVE IT A REST already”
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”