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gives away

gives away is the third-person singular simple present indicative of give away.

Meaning of give away

Verb

give away (third-person singular simple present gives away, present participle giving away, simple past gave away, past participle given away)

  1. (transitive) To make a gift of (something).
    • I didn't like that book, so I gave it away.
  2. (broadly, informal, transitive) To sell very cheaply.
    • 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".2019, David A. Ness, The Impact of Overbuilding on People and the Planet, page 36
  3. (transitive) To relinquish control over.
    • 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[…].2010 September, Stephen Schenkenberg, "Many Big Ideas, One Big Transition", St. Louis magazine, ISSN 1090-5723, volume 16, issue 9, page 16
  4. (transitive) To formally hand over a bride to the bridegroom; often by her father.
    • Who giveth away this woman to this man in Holy matrimony?
  5. (reflexive, sometimes, transitive) To unintentionally reveal a secret or divulge undisclosed information; to betray or expose someone.
    • He gave himself away with a stupid lie.
  6. (transitive) To concede an advantage in weight, time, height etc.
    • Despite giving away twenty pounds in weight, the challenger found a knock-out blow in the second round.

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Words near gives away in the dictionary

  1. gives a tin shit
  2. gives about
  3. gives against
  4. gives an inch
  5. gives as good as one gets
  6. gives away
  7. gives away the farm
  8. gives away the store
  9. gives back
  10. gives battle
  11. gives birth

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