give out

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   To utter, publish

   To utter, publish; to announce, proclaim, report.

   • The best news is that we have safely found Our king and company: the next, our ship,— Which but three glasses since we gave out split,— Is tight and yare, and bravely rigg'd as when We first put out to sea.
   • So soon as I hear that such or such a man gives himself out for a philosopher, I conclude that, like the dyspeptic old woman, he must have “broken his digester.”
   • Simon is found in the book of Acts. The bible tells us that he gave out that he was some great one, that he was the great power of God. This is a characteristic of both the circumcision and the spirit of Antichrist.
2. 2

   To send forth, emit

   To send forth, emit; to cause to be sent forth.

3. 3

   To issue

   To issue; to distribute.

   • Can you help me to give out the new books to the class, please?
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   1. 4

      To cease functioning in some way.

   2. 5

      To complain, sulk, chastise.

      • You shouldn't give out to your brother like that.
      • He was always giving out about the weather.
   3. 6

      To pretend or act as if something is true.

      • I gave out that I was at home, but they didn't ask for an alibi.
   4. 7

      To express oneself intensely emotionally, either by talking or in a musical performance.

      • He's been giving out for hours.

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