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spot someone

 (something)

1. Sl. to give an advantage to someone. I'll spot you twenty points. No need to spot me. I'm the greatest!

2. Sl. to lend someone something. Can you spot me a few bucks? I can spot you a whole hundred!

spot

1. n. a small drink of liquor. I’ll just have a spot, please.

2. n. a nightclub; a night spot. It was a nice little spot, with a combo and a canary.

See:

• a blind spot
• a bright spot
• a hot spot
• A leopard can't change its spots
• a leopard doesn't change its spots
• a sore point
• a tough spot
• be in a spot of bother
• be in a tight corner
• be in a tight spot
• be in a tough spot
• be in the right spot at the right time
• be spot on
• beauty spot
• blind spot
• bright spot
• C-note
• C-spot
• glued to the spot
• have a soft spot for
• have a soft spot for or an animal
• have a spot of bother
• have a weak spot for
• hit the high spots
• hit the spot
• hot spot
• in a bad spot
• in a bind
• in a fix
• in a spot
• in a tight corner
• in a tight spot
• in a tough spot
• in spots
• Johnny-on-the-spot
• knock spots off
• knock the socks off
• knock the spots out of
• leopard cannot change his spots
• leopard cannot change its spots, a
• on the spot
• put on the spot
• rooted to the spot
• soft spot
• sore spot
• spot
• spot as
• spot check
• spot market
• spot of lunch
• spot on
• spot on the mark
• spot someone
• spot someone something
• ten-spot
• tight spot
• touch a sore spot
• X marks the spot