Give away meaning
Give away is a phrasal verb with 3 meanings. One of them is to transfer something to another person without requesting payment.
- Past simple
- gave away
- Past participle
- given away
- -ing form
- giving away
What give away means
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To transfer something to another person without requesting payment
The library is giving old books away.
2 more meanings of give away are in the Retite app, each with an example and a translation into your language.
More meanings in the appSimilar phrasal verbs
With give: give back, give in, give out, give up, give onto, give over, give something over to something/someone, give up on, give yourself over to, give off.
With away: go away, put away, throw away, take away, come away, get away, get away with, run away, idle away, keep away.
Common questions
What does give away mean?
It has 3 meanings. One of them is to transfer something to another person without requesting payment. The other 2, each with an example and a translation into your language, are in the Retite app.
What is the past tense of give away?
Gave away. The past participle is given away.
Meanings and examples are written by Retite. The meanings follow Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0). Levels are based on the CEFR-J Wordlist and set by Retite.
