Mazeppa
/məˈzɛpə/Chiefly literary
noun
A person likened in some way to Mazeppa, especially in being the unwilling rider of a wild horse.
Origin
Mid 19th century; earliest use found in The Southern Literary Messenger. From the name of Ivan Stepanovyč Mazepa, Ukrainian Cossack leader, popularized in English in the form Mazeppa by Byron's poem of that name.
- give or take ——
- give out
- give over
- give pause to someone (or give someone pause for thought)
- give place to
- give pursuit
- giver
- give rise to
- give someone a bell
- give someone a bloody nose
- give someone a break
- give someone a dose (or taste) of their own medicine
- give someone a fit
- give someone a hard time
- give someone a holler
- give someone a mouthful
- give someone an inch and he (or she) will take a mile
- give someone a piece of one's mind
- give someone a shout
- give someone away
- give someone Bondi
- give someone credit for
- give someone grief
- give someone head
- give someone hell