Donner - French Expressions with Donner

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 cœur joie
to enjoy oneself to the full, to have a field day


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