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give back (third-person singular simple present gives back, present participle giving back, simple past gave back, past participle given back)
- (transitive) To return, restore (a thing to its original owner or location etc.).
Give me back my book!
- (transitive, intransitive, idiomatic) To contribute money, goods, or, especially, services for charitable purposes, as if in return for one's own success.
We organize this Thanksgiving dinner at the old-age home to give back to the community.
- (archaic) To recede; to retreat.
1678, John Bunyan, The Pilgrim’s Progress from This World, to That which is to Come: […], London: […] Nath[aniel] Ponder […], →OCLC; reprinted in The Pilgrim’s Progress as Originally Published by John Bunyan: Being a Fac-simile Reproduction of the First Edition, London: Elliot Stock […], 1875, →OCLC, page 108:Yet the Fiends ſeemed to come nearer and nearer, but when they were come even almoſt at him, he cried out with a moſt vehement voice, I will walk in the ſtrength of the Lord God; ſo they gave back, and came no farther.
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to return
- Belarusian: аддава́ць impf (addavácʹ), адда́ць pf (addácʹ), вярта́ць impf (vjartácʹ), вярнуц́ь pf (vjarnućʹ)
- Bulgarian: връ́щам (bg) impf (vrǎ́štam), повръ́щам (bg) pf (povrǎ́štam)
- Catalan: tornar (ca)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 還／还 (zh) (huán), 交還／交还 (zh) (jiāohuán), 交回 (jiāohuí), 歸還／归还 (zh) (guīhuán), 送還／送还 (zh) (sònghuán)
- Czech: vracet (cs) impf, vrátit (cs) pf
- Esperanto: redoni (eo)
- Finnish: palauttaa (fi), antaa takaisin
- French: rendre (fr)
- Friulian: rindi
- Galician: devolver (gl)
- German: zurückgeben (de)
- Greek:
- Ancient: ἀποδίδωμι (apodídōmi)
- Hungarian: visszaad (hu)
- Italian: rendere (it)
- Japanese: 返す (ja) (かえす, kaesu)
- Khmer: ត្រឡប់ (trɑlɑp)
- Latin: reddō (la)
- Macedonian: враќа impf (vraḱa), врати pf (vrati)
- Ngazidja Comorian: uredjeza
- Old English: āġiefan
- Persian: برگرداندن (fa) (bargardândan), پِس دادَن (fa) (pas dâdan)
- Polish: oddawać (pl) impf, oddać (pl) pf, zwracać (pl) impf zwrócić (pl) pf
- Portuguese: devolver (pt)
- Romanian: înapoia (ro), reda (ro), a da înapoi
- Romansch: render
- Russian: возвраща́ть (ru) impf (vozvraščátʹ), верну́ть (ru) pf (vernútʹ), отдава́ть (ru) impf (otdavátʹ), отда́ть (ru) pf (otdátʹ)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: враћати impf, вратити pf
- Roman: vraćati impf, vratiti (sh) pf
- Slovak: vracať impf, vrátiť pf
- Slovene: vračati impf, vrniti pf
- Spanish: devolver (es)
- Swahili: -rudisha
- Swedish: återlämna (sv)
- Thai: คืน (th) (kʉʉn)
- Ukrainian: віддава́ти impf (viddaváty), відда́ти pf (viddáty), поверта́ти impf (povertáty), поверну́ти pf (povernúty)
- Vietnamese: trả (vi), trả lại (vi)
- Walloon: rinde (wa), ridner (wa)
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