dare tregua

Italian

Verb

dàre tregua (first-person singular present (with syntactic gemination after the verb) dò tregua, first-person singular past historic dièdi tregua or diédi tregua or détti tregua or (traditional) dètti tregua, past participle dàto tregua, first-person singular future darò tregua, first-person singular subjunctive dìa tregua, first-person singular imperfect subjunctive déssi tregua, second-person singular imperative dài tregua or dà' tregua, auxiliary avére)

1. to cut someone some slack, give someone a break, give someone enough rope

   Synonym: dare corda