give out

British  

verb

1. (tr) to emit or discharge

2. (tr) to publish or make known

   the chairman gave out that he would resign

3. (tr) to hand out or distribute

   they gave out free chewing gum on the street

4. (intr) to become exhausted; fail

   the supply of candles gave out

5. informal to reprimand (someone) at length

6. (tr) cricket (of an umpire) to declare (a batsman) dismissed

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give out Idioms  

1. Allow to be known, declare publicly, as in They gave out that she was ill . [Mid-1300s]

2. Send forth, emit, as in The machine gave out a steady buzzing . [Mid-1400s]

3. Distribute, as in They gave out surplus food every week . [c. 1700]

4. Stop functioning, fail; also, become exhausted or used up. For example, The motor gave out suddenly , or My strength simply gave out . [First half of 1500s]

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Example Sentences

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give out

BBC Music correspondent Mark Savage said security guards manning the main stage were helping to give out water to the crowds in the heat.

From BBC ● May 24, 2026

“So they can use it to give out loans,” said one student, a junior.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 21, 2026

“A bunch of us took it upon ourselves to, you know, go downtown and give out these resources — the food, water and of course the PPE,” he said, referring to personal protective equipment.

From Salon ● Apr. 15, 2026

And user trust is still an ongoing issue, given the potential for AI chatbots to hallucinate or otherwise give out bad information.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 10, 2026

She tells me she can give out my shifts to some of the part-timers, but that I’ll have to use up my vacation days.

From "Starfish" by Akemi Dawn Bowman