give evidence
idiom
: to talk and answer questions about something especially in a court of law while formally promising that what one is saying is true : testify
You may be asked to give evidence at the trial.
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While the original pieces perished in a fire at Rohwer after the war, the replicas remain to give evidence of this student project that developed under her supervision.
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Arkansas Online, 6 Sep. 2025
Next year, eight decades out from 1945, members of the Korean Atomic Bomb Victims Association will give evidence at a symbolic trial, organized by civil-society groups, in New York.
—E. Tammy Kim, New Yorker, 16 June 2025
But the post doesn’t specify any groups and doesn’t give evidence of this.
—Carmen Sesin, NBC news, 14 June 2025
The outlet adds that Simon and Wilkinson will give evidence at the trial, which could take around six weeks.
—Gabrielle Rockson, People.com, 29 Apr. 2025
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Arkansas Online, 6 Sep. 2025
Next year, eight decades out from 1945, members of the Korean Atomic Bomb Victims Association will give evidence at a symbolic trial, organized by civil-society groups, in New York.
—E. Tammy Kim, New Yorker, 16 June 2025
But the post doesn’t specify any groups and doesn’t give evidence of this.
—Carmen Sesin, NBC news, 14 June 2025
The outlet adds that Simon and Wilkinson will give evidence at the trial, which could take around six weeks.
—Gabrielle Rockson, People.com, 29 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for give evidence
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“Give evidence.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/give%20evidence. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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