altern
/ɔːlˈtəːn/ /ɒlˈtəːn/rare in later use
verb
[with object] To alternate (something).
Origin
Late Middle English; earliest use found in Osbern Bokenham (c1393–c1464), poet and Augustinian friar. From classical Latin alternāre.
- give someone a mouthful
- give someone an inch and he (or she) will take a mile
- give someone a piece of one's mind
- give someone a shout
- give someone away
- give someone Bondi
- give someone credit for
- give someone grief
- give someone head
- give someone hell
- give someone one
- give someone (or get) a thick ear
- give someone (or get) the bum's rush
- give someone (some) skin
- give someone the big E
- give someone the bird
- give someone the boot
- give someone the creeps
- give someone the elbow
- give someone (the) evils
- give someone the eye
- give someone the finger
- give someone the flick (or get the flick)
- give someone the glad eye
- give someone the hairy eyeball