something has (got) to give

: some indeterminate or unspecified thing

: some indeterminate amount more than a specified number

: a person or thing of consequence

: in some degree : somewhat

used as an intensive giving adverbial force to an adjective

: past tense and past participle of get

: to make a present of

: to grant or bestow by formal action

: to accord or yield to another

: capacity or tendency to yield to force or strain : flexibility

: the ability of a material to bend or stretch