something has (got) to give

idiom

—used to say that someone or something has to stop trying to resist or oppose something

For the strike to be settled, something has (got) to give!

Examples of something has (got) to give in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The Huskies have dropped six straight while Oregon has lost nine in a row, so something has to give Friday. —Jeff Metcalfe, The Mercury News, 21 Feb. 2024

But city officials say something has to give—a message that's being echoed in cities and towns across the country. —Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2024

So something has to give, and what builders are doing now is testing the market and asking what is going to work. —Conor Dougherty, New York Times, 17 Feb. 2024

Many economists believe something has to give this year. —Paul Davidson, USA TODAY, 25 Jan. 2024

Houston clinched the season series with the Rangers with Monday’s win, and Baker knows something has to give in the final 10 games of the season when Seattle and Texas play seven times. —Tim Cowlishaw, Dallas News, 5 Sep. 2023

But Williams is the wife in this scenario, and when faced with having to balance motherhood and a profession as demanding as a professional athlete, something has to give. —Wisdom Iheanyichukwu, refinery29.com, 12 Aug. 2022

No, that fate is reserved for another of Liza’s acquaintances (something has to give her a conscience). —Peter Debruge, Variety, 11 Sep. 2023

The Patriots haven’t been inclined to score a lot of points (18.5 per game, 23rd in the league) and their defense is much better than the numbers suggest (24.5 per game, 22nd in the league), so something has to give against a Lions team that keeps the scoreboard operators busy on both sides. —Chad Finn, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Oct. 2022