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Tending toward, inclined to, as in She was given to eating crackers in bed. [Late 1500s]
American Heritage Idioms
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Phrase(s): given to doing something
likely to do something; inclined to do something habitually. • Mary is given to singing in the shower. • Bob is given to shouting when things don’t go his way.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs