to give sth the ok en
1give sth the green light — give sth a/the green light ► to give someone permission to do something: »Contractors were given a green light to install the infrastructure for the industrial park. Main Entry: ↑light …
2give sth a/the green light — ► to give someone permission to do something: »Contractors were given a green light to install the infrastructure for the industrial park. Main Entry: ↑light …
3give sth a green light — give sth a/the green light ► to give someone permission to do something: »Contractors were given a green light to install the infrastructure for the industrial park. Main Entry: ↑light …
4give sth a clean bill of health — ► to say that an organization or system is in a good financial position or has been operating honestly and legally, after having examined it: »Concerns about installation procedures mean the company cannot be given a clean bill of health. ► to… …
5give somebody the benefit of the doubt — give sb the ˌbenefit of the ˈdoubt idiom to accept that sb has told the truth or has not done sth wrong because you cannot prove that they have not • She may have been lying, but I felt I had to give her the benefit of the doubt. Main entry:… …
6give somebody the creeps — give sb the ˈcreeps idiom (informal) to make sb feel nervous and slightly frightened, especially because sb/sth is unpleasant or strange • This old house gives me the creeps. Main entry: ↑creepidiom …
7give somebody the run of something — give sb/get/have the ˈrun of sth idiom to give sb/get/have permission to make full use of sth • Her dogs have the run of the house. Main entry: ↑runidiom …
8give get the run of something — give sb/get/have the ˈrun of sth idiom to give sb/get/have permission to make full use of sth • Her dogs have the run of the house. Main entry: ↑runidiom …
9give have the run of something — give sb/get/have the ˈrun of sth idiom to give sb/get/have permission to make full use of sth • Her dogs have the run of the house. Main entry: ↑runidiom …
10ˌgive sth ˈback — phrasal verb to give someone something that they had or owned before The company had to give back all the money.[/ex] We just want them to give us back our home.[/ex] …
