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单词 give over
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give over

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verb (adverb)

(tr) to transfer, esp to the care or custody of another
(tr) to assign or resign to a specific purpose or functionthe day was given over to pleasure
informal to cease (an activity)give over fighting, will you!

Words nearby give over

give oneself up, give one's eyeteeth, give onto, give or take, give out, give over, give pause, give rein to, give rise to, give short shrift, give someone
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Idioms and Phrases with give over

give over

1

Hand over, entrust, as in They gave over all the papers to the library. [Late 1400s]

2

Also, give oneself over. Devote or surrender to a particular purpose or use, as in The whole day was given over to merrymaking, or He gave himself over to grief. [Late 1400s]

The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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