give over (to)

verb

Definition of give over (to)next
as in to cater (to)

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  1. give in
  2. submit
  3. bow
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  • But there is a limit to what can be expected of such a promise, given in a moment of surprise.
    — Judith Martin, Washington Post, 8 Oct. 2026
  • At the same time, another recent study found that 48% of the information that popular free chatbots gave in response to questions about the news contained errors.
    — Allison Faix, The Conversation, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of give in
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  • In 2009, armed men stopped a convoy of civilians, relatives, lawyers and journalists heading to submit election filings in Maguindanao and killed 58 people, at least 32 of them journalists and media workers.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 11 Oct. 2026
  • An Anthropic artificial intelligence model submitted a false tip to a Philadelphia police website about an unsolved homicide case, authorities and Anthropic said.
    — Mae Anderson, Fortune, 10 Oct. 2026
Definition of submit
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  • Accordingly, The Marriage Market bowed in Germany first, on ProSieben’s streaming platform Joyn.
    — Max Goldbart, Deadline, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Nineteen titles that bowed on the Croisette will travel to Los Angeles.
    — Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 6 Oct. 2026
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“Give over (to).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/give%20over%20%28to%29. Accessed 11 Oct. 2026.

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