give out Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. verb give off, send forth, or discharge; as of light, heat, or radiation, vapor, etc.
   emit; give off.
   
   • The ozone layer blocks some harmful rays which the sun emits
2. verb give to several people
   pass out; distribute; hand out.
   
   • The teacher handed out the exams
3. verb prove insufficient
   fail; run out.
   
   • The water supply for the town failed after a long drought
4. verb stop operating or functioning
   die; give way; break; go; go bad; conk out; fail; break down.
   
   • The engine finally went
   • The car died on the road
   • The bus we travelled in broke down on the way to town
   • The coffee maker broke
   • The engine failed on the way to town
   • her eyesight went after the accident

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