Read full poem →Whom not each other seek but find.
They give and take no pledge or oath,
Nature is the bond of both.
Dictionary Entry
A process of compromise or accommodation.
In a Sentence
“They hoped for an amicable solution, but both knew it would require some give and take.”
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Poetry examples for “give and take”
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Read full poem →Whom not each other seek, but find.
They give and take no pledge or oath,--
Nature is the bond of both:
Read full poem →Of skirting hills to lie,
Bound in by streams which give and take
Their colours from the sky;
Read full poem →rigidity is the thing. Purrr--purr--practically, there has to be a
little give and take. _We_ found that out by working on our sides for
five minutes at a stretch--chch--chh. How's the weather?"