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  • 81Give (someone) an inch and (they'll) take a mile. — Give (someone) an inch and (they ll) take a mile. something that you say which means that if you allow someone to behave badly at all, they will start to behave very badly. I m always wary about making concessions to these people. Give them an… …

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  • 82give someone an inch (and they'll take a mile) — give someone an inch (and they’ll take a mile/yard/) phrase used for saying that if you agree to give someone something that they want, they will then want to take more Thesaurus: ways of warning or advising someonesynonym Main entry: inch …

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  • 83give someone an inch (and they'll take a yard) — give someone an inch (and they’ll take a mile/yard/) phrase used for saying that if you agree to give someone something that they want, they will then want to take more Thesaurus: ways of warning or advising someonesynonym Main entry: inch …

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  • 84give someone enough rope (to hang themselves) — phrase to allow someone to do something in the way that they want to when you know that they will probably fail Thesaurus: to give someone an opportunity to do somethingsynonym Main entry: rope …

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  • 85give something a day — give something a day/month/year/etc phrase used for saying how long you think something will last Nobody gave the marriage more than a few months. Thesaurus: predicting and predictionsynonym …

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  • 86give something a month — give something a day/month/year/etc phrase used for saying how long you think something will last Nobody gave the marriage more than a few months. Thesaurus: predicting and predictionsynonym …

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  • 87give something a year — give something a day/month/year/etc phrase used for saying how long you think something will last Nobody gave the marriage more than a few months. Thesaurus: predicting and predictionsynonym …

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  • 88give something a fling — give (something) a fling (or have a fling at (something)) : to try something without being very serious about it or without worrying about whether or not you will succeed He had always thought about starting his own business, and he decided to… …

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  • 89give a fling — give (something) a fling (or have a fling at (something)) : to try something without being very serious about it or without worrying about whether or not you will succeed He had always thought about starting his own business, and he decided to… …

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  • 90Give My Regards to Broady — is a Broadway style Musical set in contemporary Melbourne, Australia. It was written by Karin Muiznieks and James Simpson, with scriptwriting assistance from Dan Walmsley (creator of Planet Nerd). It premiered at the Melbourne International… …

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