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give

/lend an ear

To pay close attention; listen attentively.

give

free/full rein to

To release from restraints; allow to go unchecked: gave free rein to her emotions.

See:

• a fool may give a wise man counsel
• a give-and-take
• allow free rein
• allow full play
• back of one's hand
• blow a raspberry
• budge an inch
• care a fig
• care a hoot
• care a toss
• care tuppence
• deep six
• dirty look, give a
• don’t give a hoot
• don’t give a rip
• Don't give me any of your lip!
• don't give me that line
• don't give me that story
• Don't give me that!
• Don't give up the day job!
• don't give up the ship
• don't give up your day job
• enough rope, give someone
• evil eye
• flip the bird
• get a fix on
• get a line on
• get credit for
• get gray hair from
• get the ax
• get the nod
• get the runaround
• give
• give (one) (one's) head
• give (one) (one's) walking papers
• give (one) a bloody nose
• give (one) a hand
• give (one) a hard time
• give (one) a run for (one's) money
• give (one) a taste of (one's) own medicine
• give (one) enough rope
• give (one) grief
• give (one) Hail Columbia
• give (one) Jesse
• give (one) running shoes
• give (one) the bag
• give (one) the creeps
• give (one) the heave-ho
• give (one) the old heave-ho
• give (one) the pink slip
• give (one) the sack
• give (one's) all
• give (one's) head for the washing
• give (one's) right arm
• give (one's) tuppence (worth)
• give (one's) two cents
• give (one's) two cents' worth
• give (one's) two pennies (worth)
• give (one's) two penn'orth
• give (one's) twopence (worth)
• give (oneself) airs
• give (oneself) away
• give (someone) (a bit of) curry
• give (someone) (a lot of) stick
• give (someone) (his or her) dues
• give (someone) (one's) word
• give (someone) (the) what for
• give (someone) a big head
• give (someone) a dingle
• give (someone) a fit
• give (someone) a minute
• give (someone) a nudge
• give (someone) a piece of (one's) mind
• give (someone) a ribbing
• give (someone) a second
• give (someone) a second chance
• give (someone) an out
• give (someone) another chance
• give (someone) credit
• give (someone) face
• give (someone) fits
• give (someone) heart failure
• give (someone) no quarter
• give (someone) the air
• give (someone) the back of (one's) hand
• give (someone) the bird
• give (someone) the brush-off
• give (someone) the bum's rush
• give (someone) the business
• give (someone) the can
• give (someone) the chair
• give (someone) the elbow
• give (someone) the fig
• give (someone) the fright of (someone's) life
• give (someone) the go-ahead
• give (someone) the green light
• give (someone) the horn
• give (someone) the length of (one's) tongue
• give (someone) the lowdown (on something)
• give (someone) the royal treatment
• give (someone) the shake
• give (someone) the shakes
• give (someone) the stink eye
• give (someone) the third degree
• give (someone) the word
• give (someone) the works
• give (someone) what's coming (to him or her)
• give (something) (one's) all
• give (something) a go
• give (something) thought
• give (something) weight
• give 110%
• give a bad name
• give a bad name to
• give a bang
• give a basket
• give a bawling out
• give a bell
• give a black eye to (someone or something)
• give a blank check
• give a blank look
• give a bloody nose
• give a break
• give a buzz
• give a damn
• give a dig
• give a dirty look
• Give a dog a bad name
• give a dog a bad name and hang him
• give a dose of own medicine
• give a fair crack of the whip
• give a free hand
• give a fuck
• give a fuck about someone/something
• give a good account of
• give a good account of oneself
• give a hand
• give a hard time
• give a heads up
• give a leg up
• give a lick and a promise
• give a lift
• give a line
• give a little
• give a man enough rope and he will hang himself
• give a miss
• give a monkey's
• give a new lease of life
• give a once-over
• give a pain
• give a piece of mind
• give a rat's arse
• give a red face
• give a ring
• give a rocket
• give a rough time
• give a run for money
• give a shit
• give a shit about someone/something
• give a shite
• give a shot
• give a sneck posset
• give a thick ear
• give a tinker's cuss
• give a tinkle
• give a try
• give a whirl
• give a wide berth
• give all
• give an account
• give an arm and a leg (for something)
• give an earful
• give an inch
• Give an inch and he'll take a mile
• Give an inch and take a mile
• give an inch and they'll take a mile
• give and take
• give anything (for something)
• give as good as get
• give as good as one gets
• give away
• give away the shop
• give away the store
• give back
• give bad marks to
• give battle
• give best shot
• give birth to
• give carte blanche
• give cause for
• give chapter and verse
• give chase
• give color to (something)
• give credence to
• give credit
• give credit to (someone)
• Give credit where credit is due
• give currency
• give due
• give ear to
• give enough rope
• Give enough rope and he'll hang himself
• give evidence of
• give eye teeth for
• give eyeteeth
• give eyeteeth for
• give first refusal
• give food for thought
• give for
• give forth with
• give free rein
• give free rein to
• give grief
• give ground
• give Hail Columbia
• give head
• give heed to (something)
• give hell
• give hell to
• give her the bells and let her fly
• give him enough rope and he'll hang himself
• give hostage to fortune
• give house room
• give in
• give in to (someone)
• give it a rest
• Give it a rest!
• give it a shot
• give it a whirl
• give it all
• Give it all you've got!
• give it best shot
• give it large
• give it one's best shot
• give it some stick
• Give it the gun
• Give it time
• give it to
• give it to (someone)
• Give it to me straight
• give it to straight
• Give it up!
• give leg bail
• give life
• give lip service to
• give marching orders
• give me
• give me (a) five!
• give me a break
• Give me a break!
• Give me a call
• Give me a chance!
• Give me a rest!
• Give me five!
• Give me liberty, or give me death!
• Give me skin!
• Give me some skin!
• Give my best to
• give notice
• give odds
• give odds that
• give of
• give of oneself
• give off
• give offense to
• give on
• give one
• give one freedom
• give one one’s pounds
• give one's eyeteeth
• give oneself over to
• give oneself up
• give or take
• give out
• give out with something
• give over
• give pap with a hatchet
• give pause
• give place to
• give props to
• give rein to
• give rein to (someone or something)
• give right arm
• give rise to
• give short shrift
• give some lip
• give some skin
• give some sugar
• give some thought to
• give someone
• give someone (the) rundown
• give someone a bad time
• give someone a break
• give someone a buzz
• give someone a dig
• give someone a good talking to
• give someone a good working over
• give someone a melvin
• give someone a pain
• give someone a ring
• give someone a talking to
• give someone a working over
• give someone an earful
• give someone five
• give someone heart failure
• give someone hell
• give someone his or her due
• give someone his or her head
• give someone the air
• give someone the ax
• give someone the brushoff
• give someone the business
• give someone the evil eye
• give someone the finger
• give someone the gate
• give someone the go-by
• give someone the nod
• give someone the once-over
• give someone the raspberry
• give someone the shaft
• give someone the slip
• give someone up
• give something a whirl
• give static
• give teeth to
• give thanks for small blessings
• give thanks for small mercies
• give the benefit of the doubt
• give the boot
• give the cold shoulder
• give the creeps
• give the devil his due
• give the elbow
• give the evil eye
• give the eye
• give the finger
• give the game away
• give the gate
• give the glad eye
• give the go-by
• give the green light
• give the heave ho
• give the heebie-jeebies
• give the kiss of life
• give the lie to
• give the mitten
• give the nod
• give the nod to
• give the once-over
• give the push
• give the raspberry
• give the rough side of tongue
• give the runaround
• give the shaft
• give the shake
• give the shirt off back
• give the shirt off one's back
• give the shits
• give the shivers
• give the slip
• give the thumbs down
• give the thumbs up
• give the time of day
• give the wall
• give the willies
• give the word
• Give them hell!
• give thought to (something)
• give tit for tat
• give to
• give to on a plate
• give to on a platter
• give to understand
• give tongue
• give tongue to
• give under threat of
• give up
• give up as a bad job
• give up for dead
• give up hope
• give up on
• give up the cause
• give up the fight
• give up the ghost
• Give us the tools, and we will finish the job
• give vent to
• give voice to
• give walking papers
• give way
• give way to
• give weight to
• give wing to
• give with
• give with something
• give you a lift?
• give your head a shake
• give-and-take
• go ahead
• got to give
• grant no quarter
• hard time
• have a fit
• have an out
• He gives twice who gives quickly
• heave-ho, give the
• I won't give up without a fight
• I'll give what for!
• in the works
• It is better to give than to receive
• leg up, a
• lend color to
• Like I really give a shit!
• lip service
• lot of give-and-take
• lull into a false sense of security
• name after
• never give a sucker an even break
• not care two hoots about
• not give
• not give (a) tuppence
• not give a continental
• not give a damn
• not give a hang (about something)
• not give a hoot
• not give a monkey's
• not give a rat's arse (about something)
• not give a rat's ass
• not give a shit
• not give a shite (about something)
• not give a tinker's damn
• not give anyone the time of day
• not give it another thought
• not give someone the time of day
• not give the time of day
• not give two pins (about something)
• not give twopence
• pain in the neck
• pat on the back
• piece of one's mind
• put on airs
• shake off
• short shrift, give
• Silence gives consent
• sneck posset
• some people don't know when to quit
• Something’s got to give
• talk to
• the creeps
• the works
• Think nothing of it
• try at
• what for
• What gives?
• what's cooking
• what's with
• when life gives you lemons, make lemonade
• would give right arm
• would give you the shirt off back
• You give up too easy
• You must have mistaken me for someone who gives a shit