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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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What does this phrase mean: "What gives"? Tue Dec 28, 2004 19:27 pm  What does this phrase mean: "What gives"?		  
Hi, what does the phrase what gives mean?
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What gives? Tue Dec 28, 2004 19:40 pm  What gives?		  
It's colloquial and means What's going? on or What's happening?
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