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Give the time of day

Verb

Definitions

1.VerbTo acknowledge someone; to give someone respect or attention; to tip one's hat.
"If you're lucky, she might give you the time of day."
2.VerbTo not acknowledge someone; to snub someone; to disrespect someone; to ignore someone.
"He won't give the time of day to someone like you or me.; I tried to say "hi", but she wouldn't give me the time of day."
3.VerbTo tell someone the time of day by looking at one's wristwatch, etc.

Synonyms

tip one's hatdoff one's hat topay homage togive facetake one's hat off toclockrespecthand it to someonesalutekeep timerecognizegive it to someone
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