🗓️ Idiom: Give Back
💬 Meaning
- Return help, support, or value to a group, community, or society.
- Contribute time, money, or effort to help others, especially after receiving success or benefits.
🧠 Example Sentences
- The company gives back by funding clean water projects.
- Many successful entrepreneurs choose to give back to their local communities.
- As part of our CSR program, we give back through volunteering and donations.
🏛️ Origin
This idiom developed in American English in the mid-1900s. It began as a way to describe returning value to society, especially through charity or community service. It is now commonly used in business and nonprofit contexts.
📝 Practice Exercises
1. Fill in the blank:
Our company wants to ________ by supporting local education programs.
Answer
give back
2. Multiple choice:
What does “give back” mean?
a) Take more from others
b) Return support or help
c) Sell company products
Answer
b) Return support or help
3. Rewrite the sentence:
“The business helps the community as a way to show thanks.”
Answer
The business gives back to the community.
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Rob is a CELTA qualified English teacher with 15 years of international experience. He has a BSc and PGDip from Loughborough and St Andrews universities in the UK. He has taught in Thailand and Saudi Arabia and now works with professionals worldwide.
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