if a supply of something has given out, all of it has been used
if something such as a machine or a part of your body gives out, it stops working
to give something to several people
to produce something such as a sound or light
used about news and other information that is broadcast
And anyway I'm not supposed to give out information about other patients.
Details of the accident were given out on the nine o’clock news.
Francie used Betty, in a little coloured stumper's booth, to give out the numbered tickets.
His heart finally gave out under the strain.
I'm sorry, sir, I'm not permitted to give out information about guests.
Just some punk who liked to give out his phone number to the pretty clerks he was robbing.
The office gives out financial advice to students.
The quietest devices give out only a low, almost inaudible hum.
Their water gave out two days ago.
gives out
giving out
gave out
given out
There is no origin for this phrasal verb
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