How to Use something has (got) to give in a Sentence

something has (got) to give

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• Both also score more than 41 points a game, so something has to give.
  — USA TODAY, 6 Oct. 2022
• But anyone who’s watched the chaos at our southern border up close knows that something has to give.
  — Robert W Hood, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 July 2025
• After all, even with self-care as a top value, if wealth is close behind, something has to give.
  — Suzy Welch, CNBC, 14 Oct. 2025
• Gagnon believes that something has to give for Kansas City on the ground.
  — Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Oct. 2025
• 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
• 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 gave was my personal relationships.
  — Cat Woods, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2024
• If supply keeps rising while demand growth cools, something has to give—and that something is usually price.
  — Robert Rapier, Forbes.com, 23 May 2025
• 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
• Historically, with time, something has got to give, and something always will give.
  — Lisa De Los Reyes, HollywoodReporter, 30 Mar. 2025
• Carrying four tight ends would be excessive, but something has to give for Fidone to secure a spot.
  — Dan Duggan, New York Times, 9 July 2025
• My youngest loves Disney movies and my eldest is obsessed with Stranger Things, but something has got to give.
  — Simon Hill, WIRED, 19 Aug. 2022
• Soaring prices for all sorts of items from gas at the pump to airline tickets to food chip away at your spending power — and something has to give somewhere.
  — Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 8 July 2022
• In the battle of the boardroom versus the bedroom, something has to give come September.
  — Matthew Boyle, BostonGlobe.com, 17 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
• But as the company expands into new product categories, something has to give.
  — Jacob Siegal, BGR, 10 May 2022
• With too much demand for what the Colorado and its tributaries can supply, Perry said, something has to give.
  — Brandon Loomis, AZCentral.com, 4 Apr. 2025
• There’s a huge logjam following Celebrini and (Will) Smith signings; something has to give.
  — Curtis Pashelka, The Mercury News, 10 July 2024
• First-team All-Pro linebacker Zach Baun also will be seeking a significant raise so something has to give.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, Orlando Sentinel, 19 Feb. 2025
• First-team All-Pro linebacker Zach Baun will also be seeking a significant raise so something has to give.
  — Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Feb. 2025
• The three victories are tied for second in the league behind the San Diego Wave, but the four goals are tied for second-worst, meaning something has to give.
  — Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 31 May 2022
• When one of the nation’s top offenses (Baylor) meets the Big 12′s best defense (Iowa State), something has to give.
  — Michael Haag, Dallas News, 9 Mar. 2023
• A couple dollars more a month normally isn’t enough to move the needle, but when Americans are facing the fastest inflation in 40 years, something has got to give.
  — Molly Smith, Bloomberg.com, 20 Apr. 2022
• Increasing autocracy is colliding with a dynamic economy, and something has to give.
  — Stephen Roach, Foreign Affairs, 28 Nov. 2022
• 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
• In the Maryland cafe, named for a cigarette brand that is no more, the prevailing view is that something has to give in a France that has lost its way under a president too privileged and remote to know anything of the burden of struggle.
  — New York Times, 23 Apr. 2022
• Clearly, something has to give if the power maximum isn't changing, and that comes in the form of a massive new chassis, now requiring three full PCI-e slots of space in your preferred gaming case, along with additional length.
  — Sam MacHkovech, Ars Technica, 5 Oct. 2022
• Shelley Curran, administrative director of the Judicial Council, which sets policy for the state’s courts and backed the bill, said something has to give, as the current system is unfair to low- and moderate-income litigants.
  — Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 12 Apr. 2024