The French verb se donner literally means "to give oneself" or "to give to each other" and is also used in many idiomatic expressions. Learn how to give one's all, act like, find the means, and more with this list of expressions with se donner.
se donner ___ jours/mois de pour...
to give oneself ___ days/months to...
se donner à
to devote oneself to
se donner à fond dans quelque chose
to give one's all to something
se donner bonne conscience
to affect a clear conscience, ease one's conscience
se donner comme but/mission/objectif de...
to make it one's aim/mission/objective to...
se donner de grands airs
to give oneself airs
se donner des airs de
to act like
se donner le temps de faire
to give oneself time to do
se donner les moyens de faire
to find the means to do
se donner un maître/président
to choose a master/president
se donner du mal
to take great trouble
se donner de la peine
to take great pains
se donner des baisers
to kiss one another
se donner des coups
to exchange blows
se donner du bon temps
to have a good/whale of a time
se donner le mot
to pass the word on
se donner le nom/titre de
to call oneself by the name/title of
se donner pour
to claim/profess to be; to make oneself out to be
se donner pour but/mission/objectif/tâche de...
to make it one's aim/mission/objective/task to...
se donner rendez-vous
to arrange to meet, make an appointment
se donner une contenance
to pretend to be composed
se donner une importance qu'on n'a pas
to act as if one is important when s/he isn't
se donner une nouvelle image
to give oneself a new image
s'en donner (informal)
to have the time of one's life
s'en donner à cur joie
to enjoy oneself to the full, to have a field day
Expressions with donner | Donner conjugations

