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Meanings of give-and-take in English

Catalan
estira-i-arronsa

Light teasing repartee.

        estira-i-arronsa
        Portuguese
        debate
        Catalan
        discussió
        Spanish
        debate

        An exchange of views on some topic.

              debate
              Portuguese
              intercâmbio
              Catalan
              estira-i-arronsa
              Spanish
              intercambio

              Mutual interaction; the activity of reciprocating or exchanging (especially information)

                    intercâmbio
                    Usage of give-and-take in English
                    1
                    Instead, multitudes started adopting pragmatic ways to allow give-and-take among complex citizens.
                    Existence
                    2
                    It makes the give-and-take compromises so necessary to politics harder to achieve.
                    The Guardian
                    3
                    And the sense of give-and-take between soloist and orchestra is first- rate.
                    The Irish Times
                    4
                    He suggested there needed to be more give-and-take from the other side.
                    BBC
                    5
                    The usual give-and-take of gay repartee was missing at supper that night.
                    Gunsight Pass: How Oil Came to the Cattle Country and Brought a ...
                    6
                    Armen licked his lips, obviously getting into the spirit of the give-and-take.
                    The witch of agnesi
                    7
                    The habit led sometimes to perilous personalities in the sudden give-and-take of table-talk.
                    The Education of Henry Adams
                    8
                    After fifteen minutes of give-and-take it was the asari who offered a compromise.
                    Mass Effect: Deception
                    9
                    A little give-and-take at the right time could make life easier for today!
                    The South African
                    10
                    Even after that, years of often tortuous give-and-take might lie ahead for Serbia.
                    Reuters
                    11
                    This time there would be no discussion of hypothetical iniquities, no polite give-and-take.
                    The Complete Alien Omnibus
                    12
                    The solution may well require a little give-and-take on both sides!
                    The South African
                    13
                    But in give-and-take, as one might say, you are igstreamly droll.
                    Two Sides of the Face: Midwinter Tales
                    14
                    Of course, there will have to be some give-and-take about this.
                    Mavericks
                    15
                    There doesn't seem to be any give-and-take between us any longer.
                    North of Fifty-Three
                    16
                    It's certainly a day that could benefit from some give-and-take.
                    The South African
                    Translations for give-and-take