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give away

verb

1 give away

Make a gift of.

Roget 782: relinquish, give up, surrender, yield, cede; let go, let slip; spare, drop, resign, forego, renounce, abandon, expropriate, ... show more

Roget 784: deliver, hand, pass, put into the hands of; hand over, make over, deliver over, pass over, turn over; assign dower.    present, give away, dispense, dispose of; ... show more

Roget 903: marry, wive, take to oneself a wife; be married, be spliced; go off, pair off; wed, espouse, get hitched [U.S.], lead to the hymeneal altar, take 'for better for worse'," give one's hand to, bestow one's hand upon.    ... show more

2 give away

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, uncover ... show more.

Dutch: blootleggen, ontboezemen, onthullen, ontsluieren, openbaren, reveleren, uitgieten, uitstorten

3 give away

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

4 give away

Give away information about somebody.

synonyms: betray, denounce, grass, rat, shit, shop, snitch, stag, tell on.

Dutch: misleiden, aangeven, verklikken, bedriegen, verklappen, verlullen, verraden


Moby thesaurus: abandon, abjure, arrange a match, babble, be indiscreet, be unguarded, bestow, betray, betray a confidence, blab, blabber, blurt, blurt out, break, break open, break up, burst, cast, cast aside, cast away ... show more.

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