- give someone credit for something
- to believe that someone is good at something or has a particular good quality
She's a much better actor than people give her credit for.
English dictionary. 2014.
give someone credit for something
Look at other dictionaries:
give someone credit for something — phrase to believe that someone is good at something or has a particular good quality She’s a much better actor than people give her credit for. Thesaurus: to have an opinion or opinionssynonym Main entry: credit … Useful english dictionary
credit — cred|it1 [ kredıt ] noun *** ▸ 1 arrangement to pay later ▸ 2 money you have right to ▸ 3 praise for something you did ▸ 4 at college/university ▸ 5 money added to account ▸ 6 movie etc. someone worked on ▸ 7 list of who made movie etc. ▸ +… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
credit — I UK [ˈkredɪt] / US noun Word forms credit : singular credit plural credits *** 1) [uncountable] an arrangement to receive goods from a shop or money from a bank and pay for it later on credit: I don t like buying things on credit. give/offer… … English dictionary
credit — [[t]kre̱dɪt[/t]] ♦♦ credits, crediting, credited 1) N UNCOUNT: oft on N If you are allowed credit, you are allowed to pay for goods or services several weeks or months after you have received them. The group can t get credit to buy farming… … English dictionary
give the devil his due — {v. phr.} To be fair, even to someone who is bad; tell the truth about a person even though you don t like him, * /I don t like Mr. Jones, but to give the devil his due, I must admit that he is a good teacher./ … Dictionary of American idioms
give the devil his due — {v. phr.} To be fair, even to someone who is bad; tell the truth about a person even though you don t like him, * /I don t like Mr. Jones, but to give the devil his due, I must admit that he is a good teacher./ … Dictionary of American idioms
give — 1 verb past tense gavepast participle given PROVIDE/SUPPLY 1 (T) to provide or supply someone with something: give sb sth: Researchers were given a 10,000 grant to continue their work. | Can you give me a ride to the office on Tuesday? | He went… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
credit — 1 / kredit/ noun 1 DELAYED PAYMENT (U) an arrangement with a shop, bank etc that makes it possible for you to buy something and pay for it later: on credit (=bought using this arrangement): stores that sell goods on credit | interest free credit… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
credit*/*/ — [ˈkredɪt] noun I 1) [U] an arrangement to receive money from a bank, or receive goods from a shop, and to pay for them later Ant: debit I don t like buying things on credit.[/ex] Some suppliers will not offer credit to their customers.[/ex] 2)… … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
credit to — ˈcredit to [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they credit to he/she/it credits to present participle crediting to past tense credited to p … Useful english dictionary
