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• n  an exchange of views on some topic
• n  light teasing repartee
• n  mutual interaction; the activity of reciprocating or exchanging (especially information)

• In part, his advisers have since concluded, the difficulty stems from the natural give-and-take of the legislative process and how it plays out in the media.
• The first meeting of Ford with Carey and Mayor Abraham Beame last May was more confrontation than give-and-take.
• Campaign officials expect Garin to work on bringing consistency to a message that has been too focused on the daily give-and-take between their candidate and Barack Obama.

• discussion
• word
• banter
• raillery
• backchat
• interchange
• reciprocation

News & Articles

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• 'Starkville is Starkville': Country boys vs. city boys offers CWS culture clash
  Mississippi State and UCLA players engaged in a fun give-and-take at Sunday's news conference about the cultural differences between Mississippi and California.
  June 23, 2013 - The Mississippi Press

Quotes

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• Tom Daschle in Guardian Unlimited
  They (South Carolinians) don't want to see this backbiting, bitter give-and-take that we're beginning to see more and more of, especially from the Clinton campaign. It's wrong. everybody knows it's wrong and it's got to stop,Daschle told...