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What does this phrase mean: "What gives"?

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What does to 'chip in' mean? | How to use the prepositions 'in' and 'on' in this case?

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#1 (permalink) Tue Dec 28, 2004 18:27 pm What does this phrase mean: "What gives"?

Hi, what does the phrase what gives mean? _________________ So, who is the best online chatter in world ;-) ?

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#2 (permalink) Tue Dec 28, 2004 18:40 pm What gives?

It's colloquial and means What's going? on or What's happening? TOEFL listening lectures: A lecture by a professor of Art

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