donner

I.

v. trans.

1. To inform on, to denounce someone.

2. (Cards): To deal. C'est à vous de donner. It's your turn to deal. (In this case the verb is only transitive by implication.)

3. C'est donné! (iron.): It's cheap at the price! — I wouldn't call that expensive!

4. On t'en donnera! (iron.): You'll be lucky! — You're setting your sights a bit high!

II.

v. intrans.

1. Donner dans:

  a (also: donner dans le panneau): To 'fall for something hook, line and sinker', to be totally fooled by a ploy.

  b To become, to undergo a change of character. Depuis la mort de sa femme, il donne dans le grincheux: He's become a real misery guts since his missus passed away.

2. Donner à pleins tubes: To give one's all, to make an all-out effort.

III.

v. trans. reflex.

1. S'en donner (of pleasurable activity): To 'get some in', to get one's fill. On va s'en donner du bon temps! We're going to let our hair down!

2. Se donner peur: To panic without reason.

IV.

v. pronom. Se la donner. To have one's suspicions, to be 'cagey', to be wary about something. On se la donnait qu'il était flic: It was thought he might be a cop working undercover.