Give
Write up
Write up verb - Bring to public notice by writing, with praise or condemnation.
Both terms in one sentence
- Two police officers start to write up a parking ticket for an illegally parked Ford Escape SUV, but they give it a pass and drive off to get a bite to eat when the officer writing the ticket finds his pen is out of ink.
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