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give the word
Idioms and Phrases
Also, say the word . Give an order, tell or show when something is to be done, as in If you want us to move out, just give the word , or When you want the car, just say the word . The first expression, dating from about 1400, originally alluded to uttering a password in response to a sentinel's challenge. The second is even older, appearing in an early translation of the biblical books of Genesis and Exodus: 鈥淎nd God said the word to Abraham.鈥Example Sentences
"In moments like this there is always a solution in democracy, without drama or fears ... to give the word back to the people," Rebelo de Sousa said in a televised address.
The day after the riot, he wrote of the then-vice president: 鈥淢ike Pence gave our country to the communist hordes, traitor scum like the rest of them, we have your back give the word and we will be back even stronger.鈥
鈥淟et鈥檚 use these weeks to give the word back to the people and we鈥檒l have five years of a serious and legitimate parliament and government not chosen in palaces but chosen by Italians,鈥 Salvini said Monday.
鈥淟et鈥檚 use these weeks to give the word back to the people and we鈥檒l have five years of a serious and legitimate parliament and government not chosen in palaces but chosen by Italians,鈥 Salvini said in a video statement Monday.
鈥淥h, you want to do it so bad! .鈥.鈥. Just like that man kneeling on his neck! .鈥.鈥. You saw the joy in his eye! .鈥.鈥. You saw the life leaving that man鈥檚 body! .鈥.鈥. As soon as they give the word, you鈥檙e going to be happy to beat the s--- out of us! .鈥.鈥. Get that stress out! .鈥.鈥. I know it鈥檚 been a long day! .鈥.鈥. Been a long day for all of us!鈥
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Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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