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give one's due — {v. phr.} To be fair to (a person), give credit that (a person) deserves. * /The boxer who lost gave the new champion his due./ * /We should give a good worker his due./ Compare: GIVE THE DEVIL HIS DUE … Dictionary of American idioms
give\ one's\ due — v. phr. To be fair to (a person), give credit that (a person) deserves. The boxer who lost gave the new champion his due. We should give a good worker his due. Compare: give the devil his due … Словарь американских идиом
To give one the slip — Slip Slip, n. [AS. slipe, slip.] 1. The act of slipping; as, a slip on the ice. [1913 Webster] 2. An unintentional error or fault; a false step. [1913 Webster] This good man s slip mended his pace to martyrdom. Fuller. [1913 Webster] 3. A twig… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
due — See: GIVE ONE S DUE, GIVE THE DEVIL HIS DUE, IN DUE COURSE at IN GOOD TIME … Dictionary of American idioms
due — See: GIVE ONE S DUE, GIVE THE DEVIL HIS DUE, IN DUE COURSE at IN GOOD TIME … Dictionary of American idioms
due — See: give one s due, give the devil his due, in due course at in good time … Словарь американских идиом
due — ► ADJECTIVE 1) owing or payable. 2) expected at or planned for a certain time. 3) (often due to) merited; fitting. 4) at a point where something is owed or merited: he was due for a rise. 5) proper; appropriate: due process of law. ► NOU … English terms dictionary
One for the Angels — The Twilight Zone episode Ed Wynn and Dana Dillaway in One for the Angels … Wikipedia
One Laptop per Child — OLPC redirects here. For other uses, see OLPC (disambiguation). One Laptop per Child Formation January 2005 Type Non profit Headquarters Cambridge, Massachuset … Wikipedia
give — v. & n. v. (past gave; past part. given) 1 tr. (also absol.; often foll. by to) transfer the possession of freely; hand over as a present (gave them her old curtains; gives to cancer research). 2 tr. a transfer the ownership of with or without… … Useful english dictionary
