GIVE OUT


Meaning of GIVE OUT in English

1.

If you ~ a number of things, you distribute them among a group of people.

There were people at the entrance giving out leaflets.

= hand out

PHRASAL VERB: V P n (not pron), also V n P

2.

If you ~ information, you make it known to people.

He wouldn’t ~ any information...

How often do you give your phone number out?

PHRASAL VERB: V P n (not pron), V n P

3.

If a piece of equipment or part of the body gives out, it stops working.

All machines ~ eventually...

One of his lungs gave out entirely.

PHRASAL VERB: V P, V P

4.

see give off

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