Phrasal Verbs With 'Give'

Give away phrasal verb

  1. Meaning: Entrust your daughter to her husband through the marriage ceremony
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    » Example: He GAVE his daughter AWAY and told the groom to look after her.
  2. Meaning: Tell a secret, often unintentionally
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    » Example: She didn't GIVE anything AWAY about the party so it came as a complete surprise to me.
  3. Meaning: Distribute something for free
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    » Example: In this issue of the magazine, they are giving away a free DVD.
  4. Meaning: Give without asking for or expecting payment
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    » Example: He decided to GIVE his new album AWAY in a magazine.
  5. Meaning: Give an advantage to your opponent in a sport by making a mistake, playing badly, etc
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    » Example: They GAVE AWAY two goals in the first half.
  6. Meaning: Give an unwanted baby to people to bring up
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    » Example: She had to GIVE her baby AWAY as she couldn't afford to bring it up.
  7. Meaning: Betray, report to authorities
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    » Example: The gang GAVE him AWAY to the police.
  8. Meaning: Give a weight advantage to an opponent in boxing
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    » Example: He is GIVING AWAY thirty pounds to the challenger.

Give back phrasal verb

  1. Meaning: Return something you've borrowed
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    » Example: I GAVE the money BACK that she'd lent to me.
  2. Meaning: Return something that someone has lost
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    » Example: Nothing could GIVE me BACK the way I felt before the scandal.

Give in phrasal verb

  1. Meaning: Stop doing something because it's too hard or requires too much energy
    (Intransitive | International English)
    » Example: I couldn't finish the crossword puzzle and had to GIVE IN and look at the answers.
  2. Meaning: Submit homework, etc.
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    » Example: The projects have to be GIVEN IN three weeks before we break up for the end of term.
  3. Meaning: Surrender, accept defeat
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    » Example: They GAVE IN when the police surrounded the building.
  4. Meaning: Offer or submit for judgement, approval
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    » Example: They GAVE IN their complaint to the court.

Give in to phrasal verb

  1. Meaning: Agree to something you don't like
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    » Example: The government says it will not GIVE IN TO terrorists.
  2. Meaning: Allow a feeling or desire to control you
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    » Example: Eventually, I GAVE IN TO my anger and screamed at them.

Give it to phrasal verb

  1. Meaning: Criticise harshly or punish someone for something
    (Inseparable | International English)
    » Example: They really GAVE IT TO me for forgetting to turn up.

Give it up for phrasal verb

  1. Meaning: Applaud
    (Inseparable | American English)
    » Example: Please GIVE IT UP FOR our next guest.

Give it up to phrasal verb

  1. Meaning: Applaud
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    » Example: Please GIVE IT UP TO our next guest.

Give of phrasal verb

  1. Meaning: Contribute without expecting anything in return, usually time or money
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    » Example: He GIVE OF his free time to help the club.

Give off phrasal verb

  1. Meaning: Emit pollution or something else unpleasant
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    » Example: The police stopped the van because it was GIVING OFF a lot of black smoke.
  2. Meaning: Behave in a way that makes people think of you in a certain way
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    » Example: She GIVES OFF an air of nobility.
  3. Meaning: Expand
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    » Example: The company is GIVING OFF all over the country.
  4. Meaning: Follow or take one of 2 or more branches (instructions, in machine code) in writing a computer program (using system software for a programming language)
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    » Example: A particular application of a processing code can be GIVEN OFF while requiring minimal run-time support.

Give onto phrasal verb

  1. Meaning: Open into a place, for a door or window
    (Inseparable | British English)
    » Example: The French windows GIVE ONTO the lawn.

Give out phrasal verb

  1. Meaning: Distribute
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    » Example: Somebody was GIVING leaflets OUT in front of the underground station.
  2. Meaning: Stop working, through age or overuse
    (Intransitive | International English)
    » Example: I'd been having trouble with my laptop and it finally GAVE OUT at the weekend.
  3. Meaning: Have no more of a supply
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    » Example: The water GAVE OUT after a week in the desert.
  4. Meaning: Make public
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    » Example: They GAVE the names of the winners OUT last night.
  5. Meaning: Emit
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    » Example: The factory GIVES OUT a lot of fumes.
  6. Meaning: End or finish somewhere
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    » Example: The path GIVES OUT halfway around the lake.
  7. Meaning: Make a sound or noise
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    » Example: She GAVE OUT a moan.
  8. Meaning: Read the wordings of a hymn or psalm aloud for congregational singing
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    » Example: He GAVE OUT the psalm.
  9. Meaning: Complain, moan
    (Intransitive | Irish English)
    » Example: My students are always GIVING OUT about the rain.

Give out to phrasal verb

  1. Meaning: Scold, tell off, nag
    (Inseparable | Irish English)
    » Example: The teacher GAVE OUT TO us for being late.

Give over phrasal verb

  1. Meaning: Stop doing something bad or annoying
    (Intransitive | International English)
    » Example: They were making a lot of noise so I told them to GIVE OVER.
  2. Meaning: Entrust, pass on responsibility
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    » Example: We've GIVEN the premises OVER to the new company.
  3. Meaning: Stop an activity
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    » Example: The police told the rioters to GIVE OVER.

Give over to phrasal verb

  1. Meaning: Dedicate, devote
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    » Example: He GAVE himself OVER TO finding his son.
  2. Meaning: Transfer responsibility
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    » Example: After her death, they GAVE control of the estate OVER TO her niece.

Give over! phrasal verb

  1. Meaning: An expression of disbelief
    (Intransitive | British English)
    » Example: They've doubled your salary- GIVE OVER!

Give up phrasal verb

  1. Meaning: Stop doing something that has been a habit
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    » Example: I GAVE UP taking sugar in tea and coffee to lose weight.
  2. Meaning: Stop being friendly, end relationships
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    » Example: She GAVE UP all her school friends when she went to university.
  3. Meaning: Stop doing something
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    » Example: I have GIVEN UP trying to help them.
  4. Meaning: Surrender, stop trying
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    » Example: I can't think of the answer; I GIVE UP.
  5. Meaning: Sacrifice or dedicate time, etc, to something
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    » Example: I GAVE UP all my free time to the project.
  6. Meaning: Allow someone to sit in your chair, take your place, etc
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    » Example: I GAVE UP my seat to a pregnant woman.
  7. Meaning: Allow or give away a run while pitching (baseball)
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    » Example: He has GIVEN UP 14 earned runs in 14 innings.

Give up on phrasal verb

  1. Meaning: Lose faith in or stop believing in something or someone
    (Inseparable | International English)
    » Example: I GAVE UP ON them when I heard what they were saying about me behind my back.
  2. Meaning: Stop feeling hope
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    » Example: I have GIVEN UP ON them; they never do what they promise.

Give up to phrasal verb

  1. Meaning: Denounce, report to authorities
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    » Example: He GAVE his accomplices UP TO the police.

Give way phrasal verb

  1. Meaning: Stop to allow vehicles to pass
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    » Example: You must GIVE WAY at this junction.
  2. Meaning: Collapse, break
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    » Example: The dam GAVE WAY when the floods rose.

Give way to phrasal verb

  1. Meaning: Yield, surrender, retreat
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    » Example: Don't GIVE WAY TO your worst fears about this.
  2. Meaning: Relinquish position or ascendancy
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    » Example: Night GIVES WAY TO day.
  3. Meaning: Be replaced by something better, cheaper, more modern, etc
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    » Example: Cottage industries GAVE WAY TO the big companies.
  4. Meaning: Allow a vehicle to pass in front
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    » Example: You must GIVE WAY TO oncoming traffic.
  5. Meaning: Surrender to strong emotions
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    » Example: He GAVE WAY TO his anger and started screaming at them.

Give yourself up phrasal verb

  1. Meaning: Surrender to the police or authorities
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    » Example: The gang GAVE THEMSELVES UP last night.

Give yourself up to phrasal verb

  1. Meaning: Dedicate time, energy, etc, to something
    (Separable [obligatory] | International English | Contributed By: )
    » Example: He GAVE himself UP TO his job.

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