| 单词 | to give road |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto give (a person) (the) road P8. to give (a person) (the) road: to allow (a person) to pass on a road, to give way to (someone); (hence) to give (a person) no road. Now rare (U.S. in later use). ΘΚΠ society > travel > [verb (transitive)] > allow one to pass to give (a person) (the) road1720 1720 D. Defoe Mem. Cavalier 250 I gave them the Road. 1765 London Mag. Oct. 519 They never fail to give you the road; they open every gate in your way. 1880 E. Wodell Geneal. Wodell Family 60 (note) This man, this gentleman turned aside and gave me the road. 1884 ‘M. Twain’ Adventures Huckleberry Finn vi. 43 Why, he wouldn'ta give me the road if I hadn't shoved him out o' the way. 1897 Daily News 21 Oct. 5/4 When riding a bicycle he met the defendant driving a carrier's van, and the latter gave him no road whatever. 1905 Motor Age 12 Jan. 24/3 While driving their car they refused to give her the road and..the horse she was driving was frightened and ran away. 1964 in R. D. Abrahams Deep down in Jungle ii. iv. 123 Stagolee was a bully man, an' ev'ybody knowed When seed Stagolee comin' to give Stagolee de road. 2008 Flint (Mich.) Jrnl. (Nexis) 8 Feb. a1 I just pulled off the road whenever I saw a car coming behind me and gave them the road. < as lemmas |
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