Give away

verb, slang

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Verb
  1. 1
    To make a gift of (something). transitive

    "I didn't like that book, so I gave it away."

  2. 2
    give away information about somebody wordnet
  3. 3
    To sell very cheaply. broadly, informal, transitive

    "This was dramatically illustrated by the market for commercial real estate in New York during 1993, which was said to be "so bad that they're giving it away"."

  4. 4
    make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret wordnet
  5. 5
    To relinquish control over. transitive

    "This issue marks a first of its kind for St. Louis Magazine: We've given away our cover feature.[…] In early summer, our editors[…] posed a collective question: What if we asked some[…] citizens what the future should look like? We'll give each of them[…] 200 words of space in the magazine[…]."

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  1. 6
    make a gift of wordnet
  2. 7
    To formally hand over a bride to the bridegroom; often by her father. transitive

    "Who giveth away this woman to this man in Holy matrimony?"

  3. 8
    formally hand over to the bridegroom in marriage; of a bride by her father wordnet
  4. 9
    To unintentionally reveal a secret or divulge undisclosed information; to betray or expose someone. reflexive, sometimes, transitive

    "He gave himself away with a stupid lie."

  5. 10
    To concede an advantage in weight, time, height etc. transitive

    "Despite giving away twenty pounds in weight, the challenger found a knock-out blow in the second round."

  6. 11
    To concede.

    "England gave away six penalties in the first 15 minutes and were lucky to still have 15 men on the pitch, but Kvirikashvili missed two very makeable penalties in quick succession as Georgia were unable to take advantage of significant territorial advantage."

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