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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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Around the age of 40, give or take, the focusing system of the eye becomes less flexible, a normal aging process called presbyopia.
You must always reapply your sunblock after about an hour and a half, give or take how light you are.
After doing that we discovered that a extinction event we think occurred 46,500 years ago, give or take a couple of thousand years.
In fact, I think you could probably watch this movie within about fifteen minutes, give or take thirty seconds.
Six years ago he was about where he is now, give or take a law degree and the snappy suit.
The ankh is an ancient Egyptian symbol carried around by the Egyptian gods, normally signifying the ability to give or take life.

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