Definition of Give and take

1. Verb. Make mutual concessions. "In life you have to give and take"

Generic synonyms: Compromise

Definition of Give and take

1. Noun. (idiomatic) A process of compromise or accommodation. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Give And Take

give a loose
give a man a fish
give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime
give a monkey's
give a person line
give a rat's arse
give a ring
give a sneck posset
give about
give against
give an eye-tooth
give and take (current term)
give as good as one gets
give away
give away the store
give back
give birth
give by
give care
give chase
give cry
give curry
give ear
give forth

Literary usage of Give and take

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Cycle of Adams Letters, 1861-1865 by Charles Francis Adams, Henry Adams (1920)
"Verily politics does give and take strange bed-fellows, and to find you working heart and hand with Weed, advising with him, confiding in him and believing ..."

2. English Prose: Selections by Henry Craik (1895)
"THE GIVE-AND-TAKE OF FRIENDSHIP IT is possible, however, that Mr. Allworthy saw enough to render him a little uneasy ; for we are not always to conclude ..."

3. Kate Beaumont by John William De Forest (1872)
"... and I perform my share of it ; but as for talking, quick interchange of ideas, fair give and take, we are on a par with Cooper's noble savage. ..."

4. The Beginnings of Modern Europe (1250-1450) by Ephraim Emerton (1917)
"was a matter of give and take and that it would be idle to expect any good thing from loyalty to such a feeble thing as this Valois monarchy. ..."

5. The Legal Obligations Arising Out of Treaty Relations Between China and by Minchien Tuk Zung Tyau (1917)
"In other words, there must be both give and take, and not all give and no take. For only then can the resulting obligations be mutual and not as, ..."

6. Edinburgh Medical Journal (1901)
"Day and night give and take light. The seasons give and take heat, ... The give and take, rhythmic movements, of the physical universe assume a great ..."

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