Idiom
give birth
Meaning
To become the source of.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“This idea will give birth to many new projects.”
“The small protest gave birth to a nationwide movement for change.”
“Their chance meeting in a dusty library would eventually give birth to a lifelong collaboration that transformed the field.”
Examples
simple
“This idea will give birth to many new projects.”
contextual
“The small protest gave birth to a nationwide movement for change.”
complex
“Their chance meeting in a dusty library would eventually give birth to a lifelong collaboration that transformed the field.”
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