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give away

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. give awayverb

    make a gift of

    "She gave away her antique furniture"

  2. unwrap, disclose, let on, bring out, reveal, discover, expose, divulge, break, give away, let outverb

    make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret

    "The auction house would not disclose the price at which the van Gogh had sold"; "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"

  3. give awayverb

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

  4. denounce, tell on, betray, give away, rat, grass, shit, shop, snitch, stagverb

    give away information about somebody

    "He told on his classmate who had cheated on the exam"

Wiktionary

  1. give awayverb

    To make a gift of (something).

  2. give awayverb

    To relinquish control over.

  3. give awayverb

    To formally hand over a bride to the bridegroom; often by her father.

  4. give awayverb

    To unintentionally reveal a secret, or expose someone.

  5. give awayverb

    To concede an advantage in weight, time, height etc.

  6. give awayverb

    to concede

ChatGPT

  1. give away

    To give away generally means to freely transfer the possession of something to someone else, often as a gift or donation, without expecting anything in return. It can also refer to revealing a secret or information unintentionally.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of give away in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of give away in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of give away in a Sentence

  1. Elizabeth Warren:

    We are not going to give away ambassador posts to the highest bidder.

  2. Lois McMaster Bujold:

    You try to give away what you want yourself.

  3. Florida Sen. Marco Rubio:

    If you watched that debate last night, it looked like something from the early '80s. It was basically a liberal versus liberal debate about who was going to give away the most free stuff: Free college education. Free college education for people illegally in this country. Free health care. Free everything.

  4. Philip Nitschke:

    What you see is a whole spectrum of opinions from those who believe it is never right to give away your life, and I imagine the Pope falls into that category, through to those who see it as a human right, to be able to decide when and how to give away your life, it's quite a good thing to open up the debate.

  5. Janna Anderson:

    Most experts believe that businesses and governments have little incentive to bolster privacy. This is, in part, because people have proven that they will give away personal information for something as small as a free cup of coffee.


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