give back (English, verb)
expansion: give back (third-person singular simple present gives back, present participle giving back, simple past gave back, past participle given back)
Senses:
glosses: To return, restore (a thing to its original owner or location etc.).
tags: transitive
glosses: To contribute money, goods, or, especially, services for charitable purposes, as if in return for one's own success.
tags: idiomatic
intransitive
transitive
glosses: To recede; to retreat.
tags: archaic
Forms:
form: gives back
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: giving back
tags: participle
present
form: gave back
tags: past
form: given back
tags: participle
past