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gives back

verb as in fall back

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Red or blue, almost every state's average citizen gets far more from the federal government than he or she gives back in taxes.

She fetches beer, orders delivery, cleans up, and if she so chooses gives back massages for a dollar a minute.

The “soul” of it is that the company gives back a percentage of the sales to social organizations in the locale explored.

What He appears to take He gives back with His blessing, and we find the restored gift multiplied manifold.

The air, as a matter of fact, gives back to the thrust of the blades just as the pebbles slip back as one ascends a shingle beach.

A good machine is one that gives back to us almost as much as we give it.

It is a kind of living mirror that gives back as its own all and only all that the imagination of a man brings to it.

The hearer in turn gives back the word to the speaker, who is now aware that he has acquired a new power.

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On this page you'll find 229 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to give back, such as: recede, withdraw, back, draw back, recoil, and retire.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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