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give or take

ADVERB
  1. plus or minus a small amount
    it is a mile away, give or take a few hundred yards

How To Use give or take In A Sentence

  • And within an hour it had given back all of that, too - give or take a couple of ticks.
  • The worst depredations upon the environment, give or take a few, have all been inflicted in the last twenty-five years -- the duration in which markets have gotten freer in the U.S., and the population explosion globally has been regarded a surmountable triviality. Environmentalist Forecasting Model, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
  • On The Hotel, the British public aren't poked or mocked and all behave beautifully, give or take the odd het-up bridezilla, or tortured teen refusing to enjoy Torquay even ironically, or occasional meltdowns over double-booked rooms Mark and Alison don't hold with this fancy notion of computer bookings when a felt-tip and correction fluid will do. The Hotel: Grace Dent's TV OD
  • As mentioned previously in these pages, all the gold ever mined from the beginning of time only adds up to $4 trillion or $5 trillion (give or take). Godzilla Japanese | SciFi, Fantasy & Horror Collectibles
  • That previous sentence should say: We like chifles.) "how far is it from david, panama to boquete, panama? to Boquete from David, Panama, give or take 20 minutes. ReadABlog.com New Blogs and RSS Feeds
  • So, over 20 years, given inflation, you'll spend about $3,200, give or take a trimming.
  • I have two Quarter Horse geldings, one age 22, by his papers, and the other is about the same age, give or take a year or two.
  • In the latest turgent episode of "As the Crumbling Newspaper Industry Turns," news broke that Jay Mariotti, the $300,000-a-year (give or take a few thousand) controversial sports columnist at my old newspaper, The Chicago Sun-Times, abruptly quit. Esther J. Cepeda: Sun-Times' Gasping Leaves Us All Winded
  • The standard measure of beer in UK pubs is about a pint, give or take head.
  • They grow to a height of 12 ins — give or take a couple of inches.
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