give away
Verb
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Make a gift of (synset 202206637)
"She gave away her antique furniture"
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Make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret (synset 200935783)
"The auction house would not disclose the price at which the van Gogh had sold"; "The actress won't reveal how old she is"; "bring out the truth"; "he broke the news to her"; "unwrap the evidence in the murder case"; "The newspaper uncovered the President's illegal dealings"is a type of: tell - let something be knownsubtypes:
- blackwash - bring (information) out of concealment
- muckrake - explore and expose misconduct and scandals concerning public figures
- blow - cause to be revealed and jeopardized
- out - reveal (something) about somebody's identity or lifestyle
- come out, come out of the closet, out - to state openly and publicly one's homosexuality
- spring - produce or disclose suddenly or unexpectedly
- betray, bewray - reveal unintentionally
- confide - reveal in private; tell confidentially
- leak - tell anonymously
- babble, babble out, blab, blab out, let the cat out of the bag, peach, sing, spill the beans, talk, tattle - divulge confidential information or secrets
- reveal - disclose directly or through prophets
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Formally hand over to the bridegroom in marriage;
Of a bride by her father (synset 202298876) -
Give away information about somebody (synset 200843665)
"He told on his classmate who had cheated on the exam"is a type of: inform - impart knowledge of some fact, state of affairs, or event tosubtypes: sell someone out - give information that compromises others
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