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What does give or take mean?

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Adverb
  1. (informal) Approximately; plus or minus some unknown amount.
  2. (informal) Approximately; within a certain margin of error.
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After doing that we discovered that a extinction event we think occurred 46,500 years ago, give or take a couple of thousand years.
You must always reapply your sunblock after about an hour and a half, give or take how light you are.
The ankh is an ancient Egyptian symbol carried around by the Egyptian gods, normally signifying the ability to give or take life.
Six years ago he was about where he is now, give or take a law degree and the snappy suit.
In fact, I think you could probably watch this movie within about fifteen minutes, give or take thirty seconds.
And that, give or take a few sequences depicting extreme and aberrant weather conditions around the globe, is it.

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