Kim
Give Somybody credit for

That was the thing about Patrick. He always smarter thang I gave him credit for

What does it mean  "Give him credit for" in this case please.

Thank you.

25 ago 2018 00:00
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We "give credit" to someone or "give someone credit for" something when we want to acknowledge their accomplishment or effort. Thus, when we say "He (was) always smarter (than) I gave him credit for", you acknowledged someone's good work, yet he was often even more intelligent than you thought.
25 agosto 2018
3

Here "smarter than I gave him credit for" means "smarter than I thought he was".

25 agosto 2018
1
He is smarter then I gave him praise or recognition for.
25 agosto 2018
1
I think "gave him credit for" in this case means " i thought"
25 agosto 2018