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Give away

verb

Make a gift of.

Make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret. Synonyms: break, bring out, disclose, discover, divulge, expose, let on, let out, reveal, unwrap. "The actress won't reveal how old she is" , "Bring out the truth" , "He broke the news to her" , "Unwrap the evidence in the murder case"

Formally hand over to the bridegroom in marriage; of a bride by her father.

Give away information about somebody. Synonyms: betray, denounce, grass, rat, shit, shop, snitch, stag, tell on.

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"Give away" Quotes from Famous Books

... "Man, don't give away your meat," the mammy said. I told her that I had had all I wanted. Then she said ...

— The Iron Puddler • James J. Davis

... exhaled the Asphodel, And some whose Smoke gave forth a roseate Smell, And some poor Weeds that told you at a Whiff How they were made to Give Away, ...

— The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam Jr. (The Rubiyt of Omar Khayym Jr.) • Wallace Irwin

... if his suit were seriously disapproved, or if these demonstrations were only prompted by old Mivane's selfish aversion to give away his granddaughter, finally summoned all his courage, and in a stentorian roar proclaimed to the old ...

— The Frontiersmen • Charles Egbert Craddock

... sayings about not being able to take your money with you to the better land, where I am sure one would want it just as much as anywhere else, for the better life you lead, the more expensive it is. No one could be generous, or charitable, or unselfish, with nothing to give up or to give away. That's only common sense, and I always say that common sense is such a help when called upon to face problems of a ...

— The Ashiel mystery - A Detective Story • Mrs. Charles Bryce

... natural place by the side of his wife when the Queen opened and prorogued Parliament, and to the Prince's rights in the Regency Bill. All the same, by right of birth and years, the Duke of Sussex was to give away his royal niece. ...

— Life of Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen V.1. • Sarah Tytler

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