A dictionary of Confusable Phrases: More Than 10,000 Idioms and Collocations

give someone a lift • give someone a rise
give someone a lift—
1
. offer a person a ride in a car: Can you
give me a lift to the station? 2. give smb. a helping hand: I’m
going to make some dried-apple fritters for dinner, and you
must give me a lift. 3. promote smb. to a higher or more
advanced position: That show, though short-lived, gave her a
lift into television. 4. raise smb.’s morale: The event seemed
to give him a lift and offered Joe a temporary reprieve from
his troubles.
give someone a rise —(also: give someone a raise) increase a
person’s wage or salary: He threatened to resign if they did
not give him a rise.
give someone a line • give someone line
give someone a line—
1
. give a person information about
smth.: Maybe she can give me a line on a place to stay. 2.
(coll.) give smb. false or misleading information (also: feed
someone a line): It didn’t matter much whether Frank was giv-
ing her a line, or really loved her. 3. (also: give someone a line
or two) send smb. a brief note or letter: If you would like more
information regarding this music, please give me a line.
Note: 
The expression does not fully correlate in meaning with
the phrase drop someone a line— = give someone a line 3: Upon
receiving your submission, your editor will drop you a line
acknowledging receipt.
give someone line —(also: give someone rope) give a person
freedom of action (in order that he may reveal himself ): She
was persuaded he would ruin all, but she was resolved to give
him line.
give someone a look-in • look in on someone
give someone a look-in— give smb. a chance to be successfully
involved in smth.: Brogden is the only decent leader the Lib-
erals have. But the polls don’t give him a look-in…
look in on someone —make a short visit to a person: She has
support from a daughter and two daughters-in-law who look
in on her regularly.