单词 | to hand it to |
释义 | > as lemmasto hand it to P1. Originally U.S. to hand it to and variants: to concede the superiority of (esp. a person); to give credit to (someone), esp. grudgingly. 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 1901 Morning Herald (Lexington, Kentucky) 30 Sept. 4/2 The Cup race has no less than eight candidates with records of 2:11 ¼, and if anyone can pick the winner before the race, I will have to hand it to him. 1903 St. Louis (Missouri) Post-Dispatch 17 Oct. 6/4 You have got to hand it to Johnny Regan. Call him ‘weak hitter’, ‘staller’, or what you will, the shiftly [sic] little Brooklyn man is there with the defense every time he gets into the ring. 1926 G. D. H. Cole & M. Cole Blatchington Tangle xli. 279 ‘I must hand it to you, sir,’ the pseudo-American acknowledged. 1965 Listener 30 Sept. 498/1 You've got to hand it to the Jerries, they know how to make cars. 1973 ‘D. Jordan’ Nile Green xxi. 85 I had to hand it to him: he hadn't missed a trick. 2007 M. Bastinado Talent for Surrender vii. 106 I've got to hand it to you, Dan, I couldn't do what you do for a million quid. < as lemmas |
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