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View synonyms for give off

give off

verb

  1. tr, adverb to emit or discharge

    the mothballs gave off an acrid odour

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

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

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