Phrasal Verbs With Give –

Meaning, Examples
Unit 9
 give off

Meaning: To emit. To produce something such as light,

heat, sound or smell.

Synonym: Give forth, emit.

In a sentence: The fire wasn’t big enough to give off

enough heat to keep us warm.

The roses give off a nice smell.

 give away

Meaning: To unintentionally reveal something about

someone or something

Synonyms: Expose, reveal, let out, let in, disclose, tell

on, betray, leak, let slip

In a sentence:I wanted the party to be a surprise, but I

accidentally gave it away when I mentioned we would
see him again later that night.
 give (something) away

Meaning: To give something as a gift to another person.

To give something to someone because you no longer
need/want it.

In a sentence: The convenient store on the corner is

giving away free samples.
 give (someone) away

Meaning: To officially present the bride to the groom

during the wedding ceremony.

In a sentence: Tears ran down his face as he gave away

his only daughter on her wedding day.
 give away

Meaning: To lose in a competition by making too many

mistakes.

Use in a sentence: If they don’t start playing more

defence, they risk giving away the whole game.
 give up

Meaning: to stop trying to do something.

Synonyms: To cease, give in, call it a day, quit

Use in a sentence: Jack spent an hour looking for his

book, but eventually, he gave up and went home.

I give up on trying to read this book in the car.

 give up (something)

Meaning: To stop doing something that you do on a

regular basis.

Synonyms: to give up doing something, abandon, quit

Use in a sentence: Jenny was happy that her father had

given up smoking for good.
give ( yourself/somebody) up

Meaning: To surrender. To allow oneself or somebody

else to be caught.

Synonyms:Give in, Hand over, turn in

Use in a sentence: After four hours of suspense the

gunman finally gave himself up to police.
 give ( something) up

Meaning: To give somebody something that is yours

Synonyms: Relinquish

Use in a sentence:The young man kindly gave up his

seat to the pregnant woman on the bus.
 give up

Meaning: to loose hope or to lose hope of seeing again

Synonyms:give up hope, lose heart, abandon hope,

concede(admit)

Use in a sentence:After two weeks of searching for the

missing plane, the crew and the passengers were given
up for dead.
 give out (something)

Meaning: To distribute, or to issue

Synonyms: hand out, distribute, to pass out

In A Sentence: The teacher asked Ryan to give out

tomorrow’s homework assignment to each student.
 give out

Meaning: To produce light, sound, heat, etc. To emit.

Synonym: Give off

Use in a sentence: As he yawned, he gave out a loud

noise.
 give out

Meaning: To stop working.

Synonyms: fail, come to an end, break down

Use in a sentence: After many hours, the handle finally

gave out and would no longer move.
 give out

Meaning: To become exhausted, to run out of

something

Synonyms: collapse

Use in a sentence: After running 5 miles straight, his

legs gave out and he fell to his knees.
 give in (British English)

Meaning: To turn in or to submit something.

Synonyms: Turn in, submit, hand over, hand in.

In a sentence: She gave in her book report to Mr. Smith.

 give in

Meaning: To stop competing, to yield, to surrender, to

admit defeat. To finally do something that you initially
didn’t want to do.

Synonyms: yield, give up, defer, throw in the towel,

back down, cave in

In a sentence: After seeing their sad faces, their father

finally gave in and allowed them to go to the park with
their friends.
 give back

Meaning: To return something back to the person that

owns it or the person that gave it to you.

Synonyms: Return

In a sentence: After you are done reading the book,

please give it back to John.
 give back

Meaning: To make possible for someone to do

something again or to have something again.

Synonyms: Restore, return, reinstate

Use in a sentence: After the company learned that Max

was innocent, they decided to give him his job back.
 give back

Meaning: To donate or volunteer to express one’s

appreciation.

Synonyms: Repay, payback

Use in a sentence: In order to give back to the

community, Jessica volunteered to work at the park
every Saturday.
 give forth

Meaning: To emit vapours or fumes.

Synonyms: Exhale, Emit

In a sentence: The candles give forth a strong scent.

 give over

Meaning: To set aside for a specific purpose.

Use in a sentence: Since the last boy moved out of the

house the room in the back has been given over to
storage.
 give over( British English)

Meaning: To stop doing something

Synonyms: discontinue, desist, stop, knock off

Use in a sentence: The father turned around and told the

boys to give over fighting in the car.
 give Of (oneself)

Meaning: To devote oneself to something. To make

oneself available for something. To contribute without
expecting anything in return.

Synonyms: Contribute

In a Sentence: As a good teacher, Megan freely gives of

her time and energy to her students.