give away
verb
Forms gives away giving away gave away given away
- verb (transitive) To make a gift of (something). “I didn't like that book, so I gave it away.”
- verb (transitive, informal, by extension) To sell very cheaply.
- verb (transitive) To relinquish control over.
- verb (transitive) To formally hand over a bride to the bridegroom; often by her father. “Who giveth away this woman to this man in Holy matrimony?”
- verb (transitive, sometimes reflexive) To unintentionally reveal a secret or divulge undisclosed information; to betray or expose someone. “He gave himself away with a stupid lie.”
- verb (transitive) To concede an advantage in weight, time, height etc. “Despite giving away twenty pounds in weight, the challenger found a knock-out blow in the second round.”
- verb (sports) To concede.
Synonyms
unwrap disclose let on bring out reveal discover expose divulge break let out denounce tell on betray rat grass shit shop snitch stag
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 — from the Wiktionary entry “give away”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details