Adjacent Words
To give a person lineTo give a piece of one's mind to
To give a say at
To give and take
To give audience
To give away
To give back
To give battle
To give birth to
To give chase
To give ear to
To give effect to
To give forth
To give go run or sail large
To give ground
To give in
To give line
To give off
To give one rope
To give one the bag
To give one the cold shoulder
To give one the dor
To give one the head
To give one the lie in his throat
To give one the slip
To give one to understand
To give one's self away
To give one's self up
To give or throw
To give order
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Webster's 1913 Dictionary
To be out of one's head, to be temporarily insane. To come or draw to a head. See under Come, Draw. To give (one) the head, or To give head, to let go, or to give up, control; to free from restraint; to give license. ``He gave his able horse the head.'' --Shak. ``He has so long given his unruly passions their head.'' --South. To his head, before his face. ``An uncivil answer from a son to a father, from an obliged person to a benefactor, is a greater indecency than if an enemy should storm his house or revile him to his head.'' --Jer. Taylor. To lay heads together, to consult; to conspire. To lose one's head, to lose presence of mind. To make head, or To make head against, to resist with success; to advance. To show one's head, to appear. --Shak. To turn head, to turn the face or front. ``The ravishers turn head, the fight renews.'' --Dryden.
