hand it to
(slang) To credit or congratulate (someone); to give (someone) appropriate respect for something they have done.
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I don't really agree with his views but they're like, an over-correction against a form of analysis that I would say is a far worse approach to examining shit so I have to hand it to him a bit, you know? That kind of…
I’ll hand it to you that his fur was… a lot. Thinking back on it, yeah his fur was definitely a bit of a matted mess sometimes
You’ve really gotta hand it to relay runners.
We should at least print it out and hand it to ppl that wanna talk to us hahaha
*sigh* gotta hand it to the Brits
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(slang) To credit or congratulate (someone); to give (someone) appropriate respect for something they have done.
“I don't really agree with his views but they're like, an over-correction against a form of analysis that I would say is a far worse approach to examining shit so I have to hand it to him a bit, you know? That kind of thing.”
“You’ve really gotta hand it to relay runners.”
“*sigh* gotta hand it to the Brits”
“I don't really agree with his views but they're like, an over-correction against a form of analysis that I would say is a far worse approach to examining shit so I have to hand it to him a bit, you know? That kind of thing.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“I’ll hand it to you that his fur was… a lot. Thinking back on it, yeah his fur was definitely a bit of a matted mess sometimes”
— Bluesky· May 2026“You’ve really gotta hand it to relay runners.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“We should at least print it out and hand it to ppl that wanna talk to us hahaha”
— Bluesky· May 2026“*sigh* gotta hand it to the Brits”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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(slang) To yell at, demean or tell off (someone).
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