give or take

But it’s an unexpected return to the Journey canon for Perry, who left the group for good in 1998 and then disappeared from public life for two decades, give or take a prime “Sopranos” sync.

The best we can say is that we generally mean roughly the same thing, give or take a few wavelengths, when we talk about a given color.

Consider that there are roughly 256 draftees every year — give or take a few — and 1,696 players on initial 53-man rosters every year, and simple math shows there’s always a numbers game at hand.

Norris has been driving at a very high level for a long time, give or take the odd mistake here and there.

The time is the present, give or take a few years, and the place is a grim, gray stone convent with sweeping grounds and formidably high walls.