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Verb: give rise
  1. Cause to happen, occur or exist
    "The new law gave rise to many complaints"
    - produce, bring about

Derived forms: gives rise, given rise, gave rise, giving rise

Type of: create, make

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give in
give it a try
give it a whirl
give it the deep six
give notice
give off
give one's best
give or take
give out
give over
give rise
give suck
give thanks
give the axe
give the bounce
give the eye
give the gate
give the glad eye
give the once over
give the sack
give tongue to