phrasal verb

Give back

No. 128 most commonLetter GInseparable

2Sections

Return something you've borrowed

Meanings

  • Return something you've borrowed (separable [optional], International English)
  • Restore or return something to its original state (separable [optional], International English)

Examples

  • I GAVE the money BACK that she'd lent to me.
  • Nothing could GIVE me BACK the way I felt before the scandal.

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