[give out] vt (14c) 1 a: declare, publish "giving out that the doctor ... required a few days of complete rest --Charles Dickens" b: to read aloud the words of (a hymn or psalm) for congregational singing
2: emit "gave out a constant hum"
3: issue "gave out new uniforms" ~ vi 1: break down, fail
2: to become exhausted: collapse