Give out meaning
Give out is a phrasal verb with 3 meanings. One of them is for a machine or body part to stop working, usually through age or strain.
- Past simple
- gave out
- Past participle
- given out
- -ing form
- giving out
What give out means
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For a machine or body part to stop working, usually through age or strain
Her legs gave out near the end of the race.
2 more meanings of give out 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 away, give in, give up, give onto, give over, give something over to something/someone, give up on, give yourself over to, give off.
With out: go out, find out, sort out, run out, take out, get out, hand out, check out, look out, ask out.
Common questions
What does give out mean?
It has 3 meanings. One of them is for a machine or body part to stop working, usually through age or strain. 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 out?
Gave out. The past participle is given out.
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.
