give out

verb(adverb)

(tr) to emit or discharge
(tr) to publish or make known: the chairman gave out that he would resign

(tr) to hand out or distribute: they gave out free chewing gum on the street
(intr) to become exhausted; fail: the supply of candles gave out
(intr foll by to) Irish informal to reprimand (someone) at length
(tr) cricket (of an umpire) to declare (a batsman) dismissed

Words Nearby give out

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How to use give out in a sentence

Starting in 2020, its instruments will be shut off one by one, and its nuclear reactors will give out sometime around 2025.
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The army would not give out the information, but the graduates did the counting for Maariv.
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Presumably, we didn't want to give out an additional $600 billion worth of food stamps.
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Even the most generous disability insurance will give out at 65.
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They give out free dog biscuits and put down water bowls in every branch.
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Mother thinks a dash-churn, stand and flap the dasher straight up and down till your arms and legs give out, is the best kind.
Dorothy at Skyrie | Evelyn Raymond
Fitzwilliam was also told to give out that the expedition was not intended against the natives, but against the usurping Scots.
Ireland Under the Tudors, Vol. II (of 3) | Richard Bagwell
It should be steady, and it should not give out great heat nor injurious products of combustion.
Essays In Pastoral Medicine | Austin Malley
My cosen Joyce Norton kept the wine and cakes above; and did give out to them that served, who had white gloves given them.
Diary of Samuel Pepys, Complete | Samuel Pepys
The cue had been given him, and he proceeded to give out nickels to the new boys, urging them to "pay Joe quick."
The Leaven in a Great City | Lillian William Betts

Other Idioms and Phrases with give out

give out

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

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