British & Australian, informal

an impolite way of describing someone who is from a low social class.

You can tell from the way she talks she's as common as muck.

• give the finger
• give the game away
• give the glad eye
• give the green light
• give the heave ho
• give the heebie-jeebies
• give their due
• give the jitters
• give the kiss of life
• give the lie to
• give the lie to something
• Give them hell!
• give the nod
• give the old heave ho
• give the once-over
• give the push
• give the right of first refusal
• give the right to first refusal
• give the rough side of tongue
• give the rough side of your tongue
• give the runaround
• give the sack
• give the shaft
• give the shits
• give the shivers