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give birth to

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by A. Makkai, M.T. Boatner, J.E. Gates

[give birth to] {v. phr.}

1. To bear live offspring.

* /The mother gave birth to twin baby girls./

2. To bring about; create; occasion.

* /Beethoven gave birth to a new kind of symphony./

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms

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