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give two cents

VERB

counsel

Synonyms

STRONG

admonish advise advocate caution charge confab direct enjoin exhort guide huddle inform instruct kibitz order prescribe prompt recommend reprehend steer suggest teach tip tout urge warn

WEAK

give pointer keep posted put bug in ear put heads together put on to show the ropes tip off wise one up

Antonyms

STRONG

approve conceal discourage dissuade hide learn misguide mislead neglect prevent

VERB

inform

Synonyms

STRONGEST

advise apprise brief caution educate instruct notify tell update warn

STRONG

acquaint betray blab clue edify endow endue enlighten familiarize forewarn illuminate inspire invest leak level post relate snitch squeal tattle teach tip tout

WEAK

fill in give a pointer give a tip give away let in on let know make conversant with send word show the ropes tell on wise

Antonyms

STRONGEST

hide learn

STRONG

be quiet conceal deceive keep secret mislead obscure withhold

WEAK

secret

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Doc did the majority of the talking, but he opened the floor for everybody to give two cents.

From Newsweek • Mar. 13, 2010

The meat-man did indeed give two cents apiece for quails, and he invited Jack to bring as many more as he could get.

From St. Nicholas, Vol. 5, No. 2, December, 1877 by Various

The patient appearing to be startled at the magnitude of this sum, Dr. Macaire blandly says, as he bows him out, "We give two cents for returned bottles."

From Caricature and Other Comic Art in all Times and many Lands. by Parton, James

"I wouldn't give two cents for children that didn't get into mischief all the time."

From The Outdoor Girls at Bluff Point Or a Wreck and a Rescue by Hope, Laura Lee

I'd give two cents to know what scared 'em and what's goin' on over yonder.

From The Valiant Runaways by Atherton, Gertrude Franklin Horn

give two cents

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