give the dirts

present singular third person gives the dirts · participle present giving the dirts · past gave the dirts · participle past given the dirts

1. To verbally abuse.

   We laughed at her attempted joke and she gave us the dirts!

   2018, Saima Malik, Was it meant to be?

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   You write about the 'fray,' From some place far away, You're giving us what Tommy calls the 'dirts.' With your 'majesty of war', and our 'eagerness for more', Remember that this sort of rubbish hurts.

   2009, Patrick Deer, Culture in Camouflage: War, Empire, and Modern British Literature, →ISBN

   I expect when he sees those trembling hands of mine, he'll give me a dose of the dirts through his rectangular glasses and reprimand me: “Get a hold on yourself, Mr Ali. This is a court not a Parkinson's clinic.'

   2013, Arjun Shekhar, End of Story, →ISBN