give off

verb

1. tr, adverb to emit or discharge

   the mothballs gave off an acrid odour

Idioms and Phrases

Send out, emit, as in Certain chemical changes give off energy , or This mixture gives off a very strange odor . [Early 1800s]

Example Sentences

It is far too important a business for anyone to give off-hand an opinion upon it.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• emanate
• emit
• exhale
• exude
• radiate