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give out

verb

  1. tr to emit or discharge
  2. tr to publish or make known

    the chairman gave out that he would resign

  3. tr to hand out or distribute

    they gave out free chewing gum on the street

  4. intr to become exhausted; fail

    the supply of candles gave out

  5. informal.
    intrfoll byto to reprimand (someone) at length
  6. tr cricket (of an umpire) to declare (a batsman) dismissed
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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In an email from the school, parents were told one-hour same-day detentions would also be given out for misdemeanours including forgetting stationery, wearing incorrect uniform and failure to complete homework.

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This is a database which records contracts given out by the US government.

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The Small Business Administration has estimated that, in an effort to more quickly distribute relief, it gave out more than $200 billion in potentially fraudulent funds through its COVID-19-era disaster loan programs.

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"We can't give out meals for free" one nursery owner told me, "we just don't know how this is going to work".

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The King missed last year's Maundy Service because of his cancer treatment, with the Queen giving out the Maundy Money on his behalf.

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