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give someone a mouthful
mainly UK informalDefinition
(Definition of give someone a mouthful from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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give sb their head idiom
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give sb up phrasal verb
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give sb up phrasal verb (END FRIENDSHIP)
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give sb up phrasal verb (NOT EXPECT)
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give sb what for idiom
- give someone a mouthful idiom
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give someone an inch and they'll take a mile idiom
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give sth away phrasal verb (FREE)
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give sth away phrasal verb (SECRET)
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give sth back phrasal verb
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give sth in phrasal verb
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SMART Thesaurus: Insults & abuse
Synonyms and related words:
- abuse noun (RUDE SPEECH)
- abuse verb (SPEAK RUDELY)
- abusive adjective
- affront noun
- affront verb
- be close to the bone idiom
- brickbat noun
- cheek verb
- hatchet job noun
- insult verb
- make sb look small idiom
- mouth off (to/at sb) phrasal verb
- name-calling noun
- shit noun
- slap noun (HIT)
- sledging noun (INSULTING)
- sticks and stones may break my bones, (but words can never hurt me) idiom
- take sb's name in vain idiom
- term noun (DESCRIPTION)
- trifle with sb/sth phrasal verb
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