(slang) To yell at, demean or tell off (someone).
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
(slang) To yell at, demean or tell off (someone).
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(slang) To credit or congratulate (someone); to give (someone) appropriate respect for something they have done.
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Regional slang from around the English-speaking world — British, Australian, Irish, Caribbean, Nigerian, Filipino, AAVE, and the hyphenated-English dialects that make the internet sound local.
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(slang) To harm or kill (someone).
(slang) To try to impress (someone) with deceptions.
Old British underworld and criminal slang meaning to harm or kill someone — to deliver violence as casually as handing something over. The euphemistic framing is darkly ironic; handing something out sounds almost generous, which makes the violent meaning hit harder. Like many criminal slang terms, it was designed to be understood in-group while sounding innocuous to outsiders.
(dated, colloquial, US, AAVE, mostly, sarcastic) Used to dismiss another person's argument by indicating that one is not prepared to hear or read anything further from that person. It is often used while simultaneously holding up the hand with the palm facing the speaker.
You’ve really gotta hand it to relay runners.
“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.”
“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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