单词 | give best |
释义 | > as lemmasto give (a person or thing) best (a) to give (a person or thing) best: to admit the superiority of; to yield or give way to. Also to give best to in same sense. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > obedience > submissiveness > submission > submit to [verb (transitive)] > acknowledge superiority or supremacy of yield1604 own1653 to give (a person or thing) best1851 to hand it to1901 1851 Geelong (Austral.) Advertiser 6 Feb. He offered to stake £10 upon his ‘reputation’, being greater than mine! I acknowledge it is; I give him best. 1878 Cope's Tobacco Plant Sept. 225/1 Before he went he insisted on shaking hands with old Sam, and giving him ‘best’. 1887 J. Farrell How he Died 80 Charley gave life best And died of grief. 1896 G. F. Northall Warwickshire Word-bk. 27 ‘I'll give you best at running’ = I'll allow your superiority. Glouc., and elsewhere. 1927 T. E. Lawrence Let. 1 Dec. (1938) 549 Those people who have compared the versions generally give me best with the new one. 1978 H. C. Baker I was Listening 139 Suddenly, Kevan threw up his hands. ‘I give you best!’..a schoolboy expression used in an adult fight. 1990 Birds Mag. Summer 65/2 He finally decided to give us best and took himself off. 2000 Clay Shooting Jan. 42/3 She had to give best to the fast-improving Tracey Jeffrey. to give (it) best (b) to give (it) best: to admit defeat, to give up. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > absence of resistance > offer no resistance [verb (intransitive)] > give in descend?a1400 to give up the girdlea1400 submita1525 to give over1530 subscribe1560 yield1576 come1607 to give in1616 to give the stoop1623 buckle1642 incumb1656 to knock under board, under (the) table1692 capitulate1714 to strike underc1730 knuckle down1735 cave1844 to throw (also chuck) up the sponge1860 incline1866 to give (it) best1878 give way1879 to roll over1919 1878 Town & Country Jrnl. 29 June 1238/1 Some carters made a start carting from Antonie's Reef right hand branch; they made but one trip, and gave it best. 1895 A. B. Paterson Man from Snowy River (1896) 71 My country joker, are you going to give it best? Are you frightened of the fences? 1934 ‘L. G. Gibbon’ Grey Granite iii. 205 In the end they..said to Selden he'd best give best else he'd get bloody murdered. 1959 Times 20 Nov. 18/5 It was now the turn of the young professionals to give best. 2004 Shooting Sports Oct. 92/2 The hollow cab still distorted the sound all to hell and I was seriously thinking about giving it best and packing up. < as lemmas |
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