Usually means: Stop talking or doing something.
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General (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. give it a rest: Merriam-Webster
  2. give it a rest: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. give it a rest: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  4. give it a rest: Wiktionary
  5. give it a rest: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Give it a rest, give it a rest: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. give it a rest: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (give it a rest)

verb:  (colloquial) Stop doing that; stop nagging, complaining, or otherwise being a nuisance.

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