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give out

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.
    intrfoll byto to reprimand (someone) at length
  6. tr cricket (of an umpire) to declare (a batsman) dismissed
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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