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Idiom

offer up

Meaning

To give (thanks, praise) to God.

Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Examples

“They offer up prayers for peace every morning.”

“The congregation gathered to offer up thanks for the successful harvest this year.”

“In the quiet of the sanctuary, the monk chose to offer up his daily struggles as a form of humble devotion.”

Examples

simple

“They offer up prayers for peace every morning.”

contextual

“The congregation gathered to offer up thanks for the successful harvest this year.”

complex

“In the quiet of the sanctuary, the monk chose to offer up his daily struggles as a form of humble devotion.”

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