give away

/gɪv əˈweɪ/

/gɪv əˈweɪ/

Other forms: given away; giving away; gave away; gives away

Definitions of give away

1. verb

   make a gift of
   “She gave away her antique furniture”

   type of:

   gift, give, present

   give as a present; make a gift of
2. verb

   formally hand over to the bridegroom in marriage; of a bride by her father
   type of:

   deliver, fork out, fork over, fork up, hand over, render, turn in

   to surrender someone or something to another
3. verb

   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, unwrap

   break, get around, get out

   be released or become known; of news

   types:

   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

   relieve, unbosom

   relieve oneself of troubling information

   type of:

   tell

   let something be known
4. verb

   give away information about somebody
   synonyms: betray, denounce, grass, rat, shop, snitch, stag, tell on

   types:

   sell out

   give information that compromises others

   type of:

   inform

   impart knowledge of some fact, state or affairs, or event to