Idiom: give or take
Definition
Idiom: give or take
- approximately a certain amount
Example sentences
— It will take an hour, give or take, to drive downtown during rush hour traffic or just 20 minutes if we wait until this evening.
— The recipe requires either two kilos of apples, give or take, or one large jar of applesauce.
— It will take four hours, give or take, to get to the beach.
— For incidental expenses, we recommend that each participant budget $25 give or take a few dollars depending on their individual needs.
— After taxes, I'm making just $36,000 a month give or take and it's not enough to live on in New York City.
— By the time I got to the box office, there were already 45 people, give or take, waiting in line to buy tickets.
— The painters called and said they'd be here at 7:30 am, give or take an hour.
— Can you tell me how many people are registered for the conference, give or take?
— We raised $15,000, give or take a few hundred dollars at our last fundraising happy hour and we expect to make more than that at tomorrow's event.
— A year ago I had around 2,200 Instagram follower give or take. Now I'm up to 5,500.
Synonyms
- in the ballpark
- in the neighborhood
- more or less
- somewhere around
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