I add sweet and smoky flavor to your barbecue grill, but if you give me to someone as an attitude, you are giving them cheek. What am I?
Sauce
Sauce is used for barbecue, while giving someone 'sauce' or being 'saucy' means giving cheeky back-talk.
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