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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

... quite sure. Still, there are men coming in who don't care who is right, and only want to stand in with the men who will give them the most dollars or let them take what they can. We have none to give away." ...

— The Cattle-Baron's Daughter • Harold Bindloss

... should not play his winning cards unless he has a good chance of clearing the suit without help from his partner; in most cases it is advisable to give away the first trick, especially if he has no card of re-entry, in order that his partner on gaining the lead may have a card of the suit to return; but holding ace, king and queen, or ace, king with seven in the suit, or ace, king, knave, ten with six, ...

— Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 - "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" • Various

... Year Book out to the Square with us and sat down on a bench facing the consulate and read up about the Swiss cabinet and the national bank of Switzerland and her child labor problems. Accidentally we discovered the name of the Swiss President, but as he has kept it so dark we are not going to give away ...

— Mince Pie • Christopher Darlington Morley

... and put on her hat. As they were passing through the garden the thought came to her just for a moment to show him the little arbour; then something stopped her, a feeling that this humble little secret was not hers to give away, and a feeling that Pinckney wouldn't care. Dead lovers vanished so long and their affairs would have little ...

— The Ghost Girl • H. De Vere Stacpoole

... have now related to thy Highness. On hearing all my adventure Sa'di said, "O Khwajah Hasan, it seemeth to me passing strange that so great a diamond should be found in the belly of a fish; and I deem it a thing impossible that a kite should fly off with thy turband, or that thy wife should give away the jar of bran in exchange for fuller's earth. Thou sayest the tale is true, still can I not give credit to thy words, for I know full well that the four hundred gold pieces have gotten thee all this wealth." But when they twain rose up to take their leave, I also arose and said, "O ...

— Supplemental Nights, Volume 3 • Richard F. Burton

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