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

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Angela	AN-jəl-ə (English), AHN-je-lah (Italian), AHNG-ge-lah (German)	English, Italian, German, Dutch, Romanian, Slovene, Slovak, Russian, Macedonian, Late Roman
Alfredo	ahl-FRE-do (Italian), ahl-FRE-dho (Spanish)	Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Ruuben	ROO:-ben	Finnish
Manius	-	Ancient Roman
Hollis	HAHL-is	English
Damodara	-	Hinduism