give+a+reason
101For the reason that — For For, prep. [AS. for, fore; akin to OS. for, fora, furi, D. voor, OHG. fora, G. vor, OHG. furi, G. f[ u]r, Icel. fyrir, Sw. f[ o]r, Dan. for, adv. f[ o]r, Goth. fa[ u]r, fa[ u]ra, L. pro, Gr. ?, Skr. pra . [root] 202. Cf. {Fore}, {First},… …
102do someone reason — (obsolete) 1. To give someone the satisfaction of a duel 2. To drink without shirking • • • Main Entry: ↑reason …
103it stands to reason (that) — phrase used for saying that something is obvious because it is what most sensible people would expect If they don’t like you, it stands to reason they won’t give you the job. Thesaurus: ways of saying that something is obvious or knownsynonym… …
104To give ground — ground ground (ground), n. [OE. ground, grund, AS. grund; akin to D. grond, OS., G., Sw., & Dan. grund, Icel. grunnr bottom, Goth. grundus (in composition); perh. orig. meaning, dust, gravel, and if so perh. akin to E. grind.] 1. The surface of… …
105Ours is not to reason why, ours is but to do or die — is often heard, but is wrong. The lines from Tennyson’s Charge of the Light Brigade are Their’s not to reason why,/Their’s but to do and die. Note that the closing words do and die give the lines an entirely different sense from do or die.… …
106Ours is not to reason why, ours is but to do or die — is often heard but is wrong. The lines from Tennyson s Charge of the Light Brigade are Their s not to reason why, / Their s but to do and die. Note that the closing words do and die give the lines an entirely different sense from do or die.… …
107(to) give somebody a rocket — to give sb a ˈrocket | to get a ˈrocket idiom (BrE, informal) to speak angrily to sb because they have done sth wrong; to be spoken to angrily for this reason Main entry: ↑rocketidiom …
108price give — Used in the context of general equities. Willingness of a buyer or seller to negotiate on price, within reason, from the price at the last sale or the indicated level. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary See: takes price. Bloomberg Financial… …
109run-around, give one (or get) the — Treat one {or be treated) casually or contemptuously, causing one to be inconvenienced for no good reason …
110aesthetics — /es thet iks/ or, esp. Brit., /ees /, n. (used with a sing. v.) 1. the branch of philosophy dealing with such notions as the beautiful, the ugly, the sublime, the comic, etc., as applicable to the fine arts, with a view to establishing the… …