give back

Definitions

1. 1

   To return, restore (a thing to its original owner or location etc.).

   • Give me back my book!
2. 2

   To contribute money, goods, or, especially, services for charitable purposes, as if in…

   To contribute money, goods, or, especially, services for charitable purposes, as if in return for one's own success.

   • We organize this Thanksgiving dinner at the old-age home to give back to the community.
3. 3

   To recede

   To recede; to retreat.

   • Yet the Fiends ſeemed to come nearer and nearer, but when they were come even almoſt at him, he cried out with a moſt vehement voice, I will walk in the ſtrength of the Lord God; ſo they gave back, and came no farther.

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